• June 30, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM
• PCC,108A

Athletic Training Parallels with Public Health

The profession of athletic training (AT) is naturally embedded within public health as ATs implement population-level services to socially and economically disadvantaged populations. There are multiple public health frameworks, including the levels of prevention, socioecological model, and Whole School-Community-Child model where professional domains of AT parallel, however, research shows that ATs may not be aware of this alignment nor how the population-level activities they regularly perform are encompassed within public health models/frameworks. The purpose of this forum is to discuss alignment of AT and public health models to increase competency in that AT is a lobe of public health.

Learning Objectives - Recognize public health frameworks that align with athletic training practice.
- Explain the role of athletic training in public health models.
- Define levels of prevention as it pertains to athletic training health care.

Keywords: Levels of prevention, community health; socioecological model