A Study of Factors That Influence the Swimming Performance of Hispanic High School Students

Berukoff, Karen D.; Hill, G. M.

doi:10.25035/ijare.04.04.07

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“…Fifteen articles cited poor/no swimming ability as increasing drowning risk 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 37 40 45 47–49. Three studies measured swimming ability,46 47 50 while 11 articles presented self-reported measures of swimming ability, including parental perception of their child’s ability 26 28 34 37 40 48 49. Six studies identified limited knowledge of water safety or drowning prevention practices 26 33 36 37 41 51.…”

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Identifying a gap in drowning prevention: high-risk populations

Willcox-Pidgeon¹,

Franklin

Leggat

et al. 2020

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IntroductionSome populations have been less susceptible to reductions in drowning than others. It has been hypothesised that this is due to prevention strategies failing to account for the influence of social determinants (such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status). Populations such as ethnic minorities have been over-represented in injury statistics, however this is not well explored in drowning. This study aims to identify high-risk populations for drowning, risk factors and prevention strategies.MethodsA literature review undertaken systematically using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses approach was conducted of peer-reviewed literature in English, published between 1990 and 2018 from high-income countries. Search terms included drowning, water safety, ethnic minority, migrant, and culturally diverse.ResultsIn total, 35 articles were included. High-risk populations identified were: ethnic minorities, First Nations/Aboriginal people, migrants and rural residents. Over half (51%) focused on children (0–18 years). Risk factors included social determinants, swimming ability and knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. Four intervention studies were found; two focused on upskilling adults from high-risk populations to increase employment opportunities within the aquatic industry; an evaluation of a 10-year rock fishing safety education project and a learn-to-swim programme for minority children. Proposed prevention strategies included education, practical skills, research, policy and engagement.DiscussionLimited literature exists pertaining to drowning among adults from high-risk populations. There is a need to increase the sophistication of drowning prevention strategies addressing the disparities in drowning from a culturally appropriate perspective. Acknowledging the role of the social determinants of health in drowning prevention is essential in order to improve drowning outcomes for high-risk populations globally.

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Identifying a gap in drowning prevention: high-risk populations

Willcox-Pidgeon¹,

Franklin

Leggat

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“…There was a weak negative correlation between family income and "teaching experience is very important" (r = -.037, p =.310), and "Certified lifeguards and proper equipment need to be present" (r = -.009, p =.803). Study done by Berukoff, and Hill [41] mentioned that socioeconomic status had an impact on swimming proficiency. Higher family income provided more opportunities to get the access to the swimming facility.…”

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Parents’ Perception of Kindergarteners’ Swimming Lessons in Taiwan

Huang¹

2019

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In Taiwan, the government interestingly requires primary school students to be able to swim 15 meters. By analyzing the drowning statics between Y2014 and Y2017, the program seems to be working. Understanding American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation that most children age 4 and older should learn to swim, the purpose of this paper was to understand Taiwanese parents' views and opinions on kindergarteners' swimming lessons. By looking into parents' background and experiences, it is possible to construct a picture on the status of children's swimming before entering primary school and identify opportunities to do better. The target subjects were parents of kindergarteners whom were between 4 and 6 years old. Returned questionnaires were analyzed statistically, and from this the conclusions were drawn. Recommendations were made through literature reviews, online researches and findings. The summary provided below was based on the statistical analysis: (1) Fathers ranked themselves higher on swimming ability than mothers did. (2) More than half of the parents went to swimming once every few months. They liked to go swimming with other family members. (3) Nearly 1/3 of parents thought the best time to learn swimming was between ages of 4 and 5. (4) However, less than 1/4 of parents had helped their child/children signed up for the swimming lessons. Learning to swim before primary school was not popular in Taiwan. (5) Being afraid of water, not interested in swimming, too troublesome were the constraints which affected parents' willingness to sign up swimming lessons for their child/children. (6) Easy to register, cleanliness of the pool, close proximity to home, and kid-friendly pools were the key factors leading to satisfaction. (7) Parents across all income level believed the cost of the swimming lessons were reasonable. (8) Both fathers and mothers shared similar views on how the classes should be conducted. More mothers preferred having certified professionals and having water safety included in the lesson.

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“…There are many facts that people die because of drowning because they cannot swim. Despite these efforts more than 400,000 people worldwide drown every year from a variety of couses, including in swimming inability [2]. A decade ago, Brenner and colleagues in 2006 recommended that "the concept of swimming ability should be replaced by more than not possible competence" (p. 116) [1].…”

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The Increase of Swimming Distance Ability Using Tools for Flippers & Back Buoys and Kickboard on Freestyle Swimming Learning for Sports Science Students Beginners

Badruzaman¹

2019

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2018)

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The purpose of the study was to increase the ability of swimming distance freestyle between those who used Flippers & back buoy, kickboard aids and those without using tools. Methode; used true experiment, pre-test and post-test design with the control group, and determined randomly assignment devided into group. Participant; 30 student sport science who is taking a swimming study in semester III, class of 2017. Instrument; use the freestyle swimming test with distance measurements achieved. Analysis; using T test and ANOVA one way, followed by aposteriori test Scheffee technic. Result; based on t test there are significant differences swimming distance ability between pretest and postets results for the three group. Those who use flippers & back buoy have more capabilities than thos who use kickboard and those without use aid. Ftest results, between the three group there are significant differences in swimming distance ability by F count = 24.15 > Ftable = 5.42 at Result aposteriori test, the difference in the mean wich shows significant between which use flippers & back buoy and without used aid by dispute mean = 19 > than value critical value = 11.02 at α = 0.05. That is, using a flippers & back buoy, more effectively increasing the ability of the swimming pool comparated to using kickboard and which do not use tools.

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A Study of Factors That Influence the Swimming Performance of Hispanic High School Students

Cited by 25 publications

References 24 publications

Identifying a gap in drowning prevention: high-risk populations

Identifying a gap in drowning prevention: high-risk populations

Parents’ Perception of Kindergarteners’ Swimming Lessons in Taiwan

The Increase of Swimming Distance Ability Using Tools for Flippers & Back Buoys and Kickboard on Freestyle Swimming Learning for Sports Science Students Beginners

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