Athletes face even more personal and physical challenges than the average college student. Below are links to resources and programs that the NCAA supports to help student-athletes stay healthy and make the proper choices.  The  NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) is to provide expertise and leadership to the Association in order to promote a healthy and safe environment for student-athletes through research, education, collaboration and policy development.

Up Right!

Working closely with the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA), the University of Notre Dame has launched Up Right!, a national educational campaign about aerial lift safety. Resources available through the campaign include safety best practices and training for the use of aerial (e.g. scissor or bucket) lifts at athletic practices. For more information and to review the resource toolkits, visit http://liftupright.org.”

Recently Released

• Raising Awareness of Sudden Cardiac Collapse in Sports
• 2011-12 NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook
• Heat Illness Education Posters (1) (2) (3)
• Concussion Education Materials
• The Student-Athlete with Sickle Cell Trait Education Materials  
• Football Education - Player Safety

Policy and Reference Documents

• NCAA Drug Testing
• NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook
• NCAA Playing Rules
• NCAA Legislation

Additional Health and Safety Resources

• Female Athlete Triad Prevention
• Hazing Prevention Resources
• Managing Student Athletes' Mental Health Issues
• Mandatory Medical Examination Questions & Answers
• Medical Care and Coverage
• MRSA - Addressing skin infection prevention through proper hygiene practices
• Nutrition and Performance
• Nutritional Supplements - Impermissible/Permissible
• Pregnant & Parenting Student-athletes: Resources and Model Policies
• Safety in Student Transportation: A Resource Guide for Colleges and Universities
• Step Up! Bystander Intervention from the University of Arizona

Research

• NCAA Sports Injury Surveillance
• NCAA Study of Substance Use Habits of College Student-Athletes
• NCAA Survey of Institutional Drug Education and Testing Programs
• NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences
• Sports Wagering Behaviors of NCAA Student-Athletes
• More NCAA Research Studies

Sponsored Programs

• Student-Athlete Insurance Programs
• Life Skills and Leadership Development
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drug Education Resources
               CHOICES Grants, APPLE Conferences
• Student-Athlete Development Programs and Grants

Athletics Staff

• Life and Work Balance
  • 'Be Well' program is follow-up to work/life initiatives
• Heart health program closes education gap