Doping Raising AWareness among youths in Sport recreational environments

DRAWS is based on the ongoing European Policies on doping prevention among recreational sport environments youth participants. They state that knowledge and awareness on doping risks are very low among youths in sport recreational environments and this increases the risk of a “pro-doping culture” establishment. Mass media campaigns and “punishment-approach” by institutions are no longer a ‘best practice’ to avoid doping use: tailored tools and a participative approach are needed. Using know-how from very different sport organizations and institutions, DRAWS aims at combatting doping diffusion among youths in recreational sport environment, by creating a set of EDU-communicational tools that can raise awareness and knowledge among the target group. Goals: increase awareness on doping risks among youths; build a set of tools to fight doping by a participative approach with youths; disseminate the tools within the Consortium, sport organizations and schools. Actions: data collection on target group knowledge, opinions, motivational orientations and attitudes on doping; build a set of EDU-communication tools, that comprehend a tailored training course on doping risks and a comic/stripes on doping prevention; spread the open educational training course model on doping prevention and the comic within Consortium Countries. Expected impact: increase knowledge and awareness on doping risks among the sport recreational environment youth participants; disseminate effective EDU-communication tools for preventing doping among youths and strengthen European synergies for the prevention of doping among recreational environments. Partners involved are: Catholic University od the Sacred Heart (IT), SC “LEVSKI – Sport for All” (BG), Latvian Sports Federations Council (LV), Italian National Olympic Committee (IT), Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations (LT), Cesky Svaz Aerobiku a Fitness FISAF (CZ), Lega Pro (IT), International Olympic Truce Centre (EL), and Hašk Mladost (HR).