December 2022 Newsletter
SAVE THE DATE!
2023 California Water Safety Summit
April 25th and 26th, 2023 | Paradise Point Resort & Spa - San Diego
Dates for the California Water Safety Summit in San Diego have been confirmed! The 2023 Summit will be co-hosted by the California Water Safety Coalition and the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego at the beautiful Paradise Point Resort in Mission Bay. The CWSC is grateful to co-host the 2023 Summit with The Prevent Drowning Foundation, a leader for aquatic safety education and learn to swim programs in the San Diego area. Information on registration, agenda, presentation proposals and other conference logistics will be released in mid-January 2023.
Data Download
Several drowning prevention research articles have been published in the last few weeks, check out a few of them below!
Identifying opportunities for multisectoral action for drowning prevention: a scoping review
Authors: Scarr & Jagnoor; Published in Injury Prevention.
Drowning is a complex issue. Global, national and our own California coalition agendas call for greater emphasis on multisectoral action and engagement with sectors not yet involved in prevention efforts. This research explores the boundaries of drowning prevention by reviewing the contexts, interventions, terminologies, concepts, planning models, and sector involvement of water safety and drowning prevention to identify opportunities for multisectoral action. This is a fantastic article that will be of interest for everyone working in water safety - it advances the thinking around partnership and collaboration to prevent drowning.
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A qualitative examination of causal factors and parent/caregiver experiences of non-fatal drowning-related hospitalisations of children aged 0–16 years
Authors: Awan, Wicks, & Peden; Published in PLOS One
Fatal and non-fatal drowning disproportionally affects children. Traditional quantitative analysis of drowning events are limited because often the situational factors are unknown across large datasets. This study used qualitative methods to identify causal factors in hospital treated cases of fatal and non-fatal drowning of children aged 0-16 in New South Wales, Australia. The researchers interviewed 86 parents or caregivers of children who experienced a drowning event and identified five important themes: lapse of supervision, unintended access (commonly in home swimming pools), brief immersion (usually young children bathing), falls into water and ongoing impacts. The others recommend several evidence-based prevention strategies and describe some of the challenges for drowning prevention focused on children and adolescents.
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Recent trends in mortality from unintentional drowning in the United States, 1999–2020
Authors: Karate, Farhadi, Sengstock, Shadidullah, Taravella & Nasir; Published in the Journal of Safety Research
This research reviews fatal drowning trends across the United States for those under the aged 29 and younger. National drowning rates stabalized between 2014 and 2020, the article describes trends by sex, age group, census region, and race/ethnicity.
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