Doping Education Status In Kenya : Evaluation Of Knowledge, Attitudes And Practice Of Doping Among Elite Kenyan Athletes

Doping Education Status In Kenya : Evaluation Of Knowledge, Attitudes And Practice Of Doping Among Elite Kenyan Athletes / Michael Boit, Paul Dimeo, Vincent Onywera , Gitahi Theuri , Festus Kiplamai , Selina Sigei, Danielle Stewart , Lorcan Cronin. - Kenyatta University ; University of Stirling. - Stirling : University of Stirling, 2014. - Report compiled for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

Contents:

LITERATURE REVIEW
- Background
- Diet and lifestyle factors
- Historical and physiological explanations
- Environmental influences
- Athlete motivation
- Global Flow
- ‘Migration’ of African athletes
- Drug Use: Sport and Non-Sport
- Recreational drug use in Kenya
- Knowledge and use of plants
- Kenyan khat/ miraa
- Drugs in African Sport
- Participants
- Procedures
- Measures
RESULTS
- Knowledge of drug testing procedures
- Knowledge of procedures following a positive test
Common sources of doping information
- Sports Associations
- Preferred websites for drug-free sport information
- Other resources and services
Evaluation of knowledge about doping
- Prohibited substances and methods
- Testing procedures
- Athlete rights and Responsibilities
- Knowledge of supplements
Attitudes of Kenyan athlete’s towards doping
Evaluation of doping among Kenyan athlete’s
- Athletes’ perceptions of the extent of doping
- Association between doping and social drugs
- Purposeful use of performance enhancing drugs
- Knowledge of fellow athletes using P.E.D’s
- Use of nutritional supplements bought over-the-counter
Use of supplements by Kenyan athletes
- Extent of use of herbal and nutritional supplements
- Types of supplements used
- Reasons for use of supplements
Athletes suggestions about managing doping in their sport
- Specific drug-free issues or testing needed by athletes
- Means by which you would prefer to be alerted to news on drug-free sport
DISCUSSION
- Knowledge of doping among Kenyan athletes
- Attitudes of Kenyan athletes towards doping
- Doping practices among Kenyan athletes
- Use of herbal and nutritional supplements
- Factors that influence the doping practices of Kenyan athletes
- Sources of doping information used by Kenyan athletes
SUMMARY
- Demographic information
- Assessment of doping knowledge
- Attitudes of Kenyan athletes towards doping
- Doping practices among Kenyan athletes
- Factors that influence doping practices amongst Kenyan athletes
- Sources of doping information used by Kenyan athletes
- Effect of age, gender and experience on athlete’s attitudes and doping practices
CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDIX

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Elite Athletes
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4 December 2014
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Boit, Michael
Dimeo, Paul
Kiplamai, Festus
Onywera, Vincent O.
Sigei, Selina
Stewart, Danielle
Theuri, Gitahi
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English
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University of Stirling
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