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What is concussion
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Girl 1 at the AIMS event
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Girl 1 – “It's when you like hit your head.”
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Girl 2 at the AIMS event
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Girl 2 – “I think it's when you get hurt on your head and you get brain or skull damage.”
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Woman 1 at the AIMS event
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Woman 1- “So a concussion you can basically get from a jolt to the body or the head.”
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Girl 3 at the AIMS event
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Girl 3 – “You get like knocked out you get like a headache.”
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Boy 1 at the AIMS event
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Boy 1 – “Isn't it where your brain touches the inside of your skull?”
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Boy 2 at the AIMS event
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Boy 2 - “You knock your head and you can't remember the past things.”
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Girl 4 at the AIMS event
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Girl 4- “It's like when you hit your head and you can like damage your scalp sometimes and stuff.”
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Girl 5 at the AIMS event
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Girl 5- “Is it that when you like hit your head and then you become really dizzy and like you can't really think properly.”
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Girl 6 at the AIMS event
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Girl 6 – “ It's a really bad injury, people need to take some time into it very seriously, they take some time off court and just kind of recover.”
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ACC SportSmart website address under the text:
accsportsmart.co.nz
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