Cognitive and Behavioral Risk Factors for Unintentional Drowning Among Rural Chinese Children

Shen, Jiabin; Pang, Shulan; Schwebel, David C.

doi:10.1007/s12529-015-9518-7

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“…Child sex was not a confounding variable in this study, which contradicts previous findings that boys report increased swimming ability and reduced levels of perceived vulnerability. 24 These findings do, however, align with evidence that supports child sex has no influence on children's perceived locomotor competence (considering swimming is a type of locomotor skill). 17 Since this sample was all in lessons (currently or in the past), it is likely that they have better awareness of their competence than children who have never participated in lessons, and that this awareness was similar for both boys and girls.…”

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Utility of a scale to assess Australian children’s perceptions of their swimming competence and factors associated with child and parent perception

Pasquale

Morgado

Jidovtseff

et al. 2020

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue Addressed: Drowning is a global public health issue. Aims were to assess: (a) face validity of the "Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence (PSPWC)," (b) the association between child and parent perception of child swimming competence and (c) factors associated with perception of child swimming competence. Methods: Child-parent dyads and swim instructors were recruited for a mixed method study. Children aged 4-8 years (n = 51) reported on: familiarity, progressions and their own swim competence in 17 swimming situations. Parents (n = 51) reported on child competence and swimming experience. Swim instructors (n = 15) were interviewed. Spearman's rank correlation was used to assess whether child and parent swim perception were associated. The Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test or Kruskal-Wallis test were used to assess which factors were associated with child and/or parent report.Results: Children reported high familiarity of scenarios and could sequence items.Swim instructors concluded the PSPWC depicted swim skills accurately. There was no association between child and parent perception of children's swimming ability.Swimming level was positively associated with child perception but not parent proxy report. Swimming lesson experience, child sex, country of birth and disadvantage were not associated with child perception or parent proxy report. Older children perceived higher swimming competence but parent report was not associated with child age. Conclusions:Children have a better understanding of their swim competence than their parents do, suggesting parent education is needed. So what?The PSPWC could be used by teachers (both swimming and classroom) to inform parents how their child estimates their swim competence. If use of this tool was incorporated into education practice this could assist in creating awareness, which can be the start of advocacy towards the creation of policy to assist in the provision of accessible swim education for all Australian children.

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Utility of a scale to assess Australian children’s perceptions of their swimming competence and factors associated with child and parent perception

Pasquale

Morgado

Jidovtseff

et al. 2020

Health Prom J of Aust

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“…Risk factors for childhood drowning in LMICs include, but are not limited to, inadequate supervision, male sex, lack of physical barriers between people and water bodies, and lack of swimming ability [8,16,17,18]. Lack of water safety awareness, risky behavior around water, and perceived risk are also considered important risk factors [19,20,21]. Travelling on overcrowded or poorly maintained vessels and water related disasters (e.g., flood, extreme rainfall, storm surges, and tsunamis or cyclones) are also common risk factors in all age groups globally [2].…”

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Epidemiology of Drowning in Bangladesh: An Update

Rahman¹,

Alonge

Bhuiyan³

et al. 2017

IJERPH

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Over one-quarter of deaths among 1–4 year-olds in Bangladesh were due to drowning in 2003, and the proportion increased to 42% in 2011. This study describes the current burden and risk factors for drowning across all demographics in rural Bangladesh. A household survey was carried out in 51 union parishads of rural Bangladesh between June and November 2013, covering 1.17 million individuals. Information on fatal and nonfatal drowning events was collected by face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Fatal and non-fatal drowning rates were 15.8/100,000/year and 318.4/100,000/6 months, respectively, for all age groups. The highest rates of fatal (121.5/100,000/year) and non-fatal (3057.7/100,000/6 months) drowning were observed among children 1 to 4 years of age. These children had higher rates of fatal (13 times) and non-fatal drowning (16 times) compared with infants. Males had slightly higher rates of both fatal and non-fatal drowning. Individuals with no education had 3 times higher rates of non-fatal drowning compared with those with high school or higher education. Non-fatal drowning rates increased significantly with decrease in socio-economic status (SES) quintiles, from the highest to the lowest. Drowning is a major public health issue in Bangladesh, and is now a major threat to child survival.

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“…In a study done in Bangladesh revealed that monsoon rainfalls can lead to floods with increased level of in rivers, canals, ponds, and ditches leading to higher risk of drowning among children and adults. 14 It was seen that majority of the cases took place during daylight hours. This pattern of season and time of drowning are also seen in this study.…”

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Analysis of Deaths due to Drowning - A Retrospective Study

Sugatha¹,

Parwathi²

2019

IJCMR

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introduction: Drowning refers to death within 24 hours of a submersion incident. According to the WHO, it is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/ immersion in liquid. Determining the cause of death in bodies found in water is quite challenging which can be achieved with thorough investigation and complete autopsy after which only the pathologist certifies a death based on drowning. The experts in the field of Forensic Medicine are facing difficulties in estimation of time, cause and mode of death. Hence, the present study aimed to analyse the various aspects of drowning deaths whose Post Mortem were conducted in the mortuary of Osmania General Hospital in the year 2004. Material and Methods: The present study was a retrospective study which was conducted among 150 dead subjects. All the dead bodies recovered from different sources of submersion irrespective of age or sex and either with fresh or decomposed bodies were included in this study. Detailed history related to place of the incident, type of water body, position of the body and other relevant findings were obtained from the previous records. Results: The majority of the subjects with drowning were 82.6% of the males followed by 17.3% of the females. The place of drowning was found to be in ponds (41.3%) and ditch (29.3%) followed by rivers (17.3%) and lakes (8%). The time of drowning was seen in majority of the subjects i.e. 60% of subjects died 09:00-13:00 and 25.3% subjects during 13:01-18:00 followed by 8% at 0:0-8:59 and 6.6% at 18:01-23:59 conclusion: The magnitude of drowning is higher among males in and around the jurisdiction of Osmania. It has been proved that drowning has become an undervalued problem with inclusion of child population. Hence, there is a necessity for prevention among all the ages by the government so that overall burden caused by drowning can be reduced.

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Cognitive and Behavioral Risk Factors for Unintentional Drowning Among Rural Chinese Children

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Utility of a scale to assess Australian children’s perceptions of their swimming competence and factors associated with child and parent perception

Utility of a scale to assess Australian children’s perceptions of their swimming competence and factors associated with child and parent perception

Epidemiology of Drowning in Bangladesh: An Update

Analysis of Deaths due to Drowning - A Retrospective Study

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