Respecting alcohol, respecting the water: Young adult perspectives on how to reduce alcohol‐influenced drownings in Australia

Calverley, Hannah; Petrass, Lauren A.; Blitvich, Jennifer D.

doi:10.1002/hpja.449

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“…This result is believed to be at this low value because of strong religious commitments and beliefs among Jordanian population. Where in contrast with our result in other studies carried out by Pajunen et al ( 30 ), Peden et al ( 31 ,32), Calverly et al ( 33 ) and Craft& Button ( 34 ) discovered that BAC high values contributed magnificently in drowning deaths where Alcohol was found positive in a much higher percentages in their studies.…”

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Epidemiological Analysis of Drowning Deaths Among Different Groups in Jordan - a Retrospective Study (2015-2019)

Shotar¹,

Halalsheh²,

Shatnawi³

et al. 2022

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Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), drowning is globally considered as one of the leading causes of injury related deaths. Defined as the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion in a liquid medium. Drowning is a public health concern in Jordan. This study aimed to investigate drowning incident data from the Forensic Medicine Teaching Centre in the North of Jordan for the purpose of defining high risk groups and circumstances around drowning fatalities which suffered an attention deficit. Objective: The study aims to describe the rate of fatal drowning in North of Jordan and to properly understand the risk factors associated with it. Methods: The present study is retrospective, based on investigating 2808 autopsy reports and selecting only 85 drowning related death reports conducted through a 5 year period (2015-2019) in the Forensic Medicine Teaching Centre which serves Northern Jordan including Irbid, Jarash, Ajloun, and Al-Mafraq. The statistical analysis of fatal drowning cases included the following risk variables: Age, gender, month, year, nationality, address, alcohol and drug consumption. Results: 15 variables were consistent and analyzed across the database of this study. The high risk groups and patterns were identified and the majority of fatal drowning cases were related to males (80.4%). Age group from (2 to 27 years of age were included in the high-risk groups with (88.2%) of all cases. Specifically, the age 2 had the highest occurring frequency. While (17.6%) of drowning fatalities occurred in August. Alcohol and drugs had no significant impact on increasing drowning rates. The dominant manner of death among all cases was accidental (95.3%). Fatal drowning rates were decreasing throughout the years of (2015-2019). Conclusion: Defining drowning high risk groups and its epidemiology helps to overcome this preventable cause of death. The current study highlights the necessity for the need of further interventions to be actively fixed into policies and educational programs and emphasize safety precautions during water activities and to improve the dataset collection for better planning of prevention strategies.

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Epidemiological Analysis of Drowning Deaths Among Different Groups in Jordan - a Retrospective Study (2015-2019)

Shotar¹,

Halalsheh²,

Shatnawi³

et al. 2022

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“…The studies were conducted in Australia (n = 11) [6,10,23,24,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36] or New Zealand (NZ; n = 2) [37,38], with two studies including participants from both Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) [32,33]. Eight studies were published in the last 5 years (since 2018) [6,10,[30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

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“…The intervention studies used different study designs to address the prevention of alcohol-related harm around water (Table 3). Two original studies were conducted in Australia [30,47], and the third was a literature review identifying alcohol-related drowning prevention campaigns conducted in high-income countries [48]. These studies were all published in the last 3 years (2020 [48], 2021 [30], and 2022 [47]).…”

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“…However, many jurisdictions do not require toxicology reporting for drowning cases [49], and so the true extent of alcohol involvement may be underestimated. Finally, only a few studies looked specifically at interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm around water [30,47,48].…”

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“…Nine studies described the self-reported prevalence of alcohol use around water in young people, with rates ranging from 25% to 61% [6,10,23,24,[30][31][32][33][34]. In general, the prevalence of self-reported alcohol use around water was greater in qualitative studies [10,30,33] than in those with a cross-sectional design [6,23,24,[32][33][34]. A further study by Peden and colleagues collected objective measurements of alcohol use around water by breathalysing river users [35].…”

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Young people's alcohol use in and around water: A scoping review of the literature

Carey,

Crawford,

Jancey

et al. 2024

Drug and Alcohol Review

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IssuesThe surrounding social and commercial context, including alcohol advertising, heavily influences alcohol consumption. Alcohol use is a major risk factor for both fatal and non‐fatal drowning, particularly for young people.ApproachWe conducted a scoping review to explore the peer‐reviewed literature on the use of alcohol by young people (aged 15–34 years) in the context of aquatic environments. Five electronic academic databases were searched for English‐language studies conducted in high‐income countries and published in the last 15 years (since 2008). The MetaQAT framework was used to assess methodological quality of included studies.Key FindingsThe review included a total of 24 studies, including those addressing the prevalence of and/or risk factors for alcohol use in aquatic environments among young people (n = 13); the epidemiology of alcohol‐related unintentional drowning in young people (n = 9); and interventions to reduce alcohol‐related harm around water (n = 3). Findings suggest that young people commonly consume alcohol around water, particularly young men. We found multiple influences on this behaviour, including the perception of risk, location of aquatic activity and presence of others, particularly peers.ImplicationsUnderstanding the literature addressing alcohol use around water among young people will assist in identifying and setting priorities for drowning prevention, including the need to mitigate the effects of alcohol advertising which promotes drinking in and around water.ConclusionThere is a clear imperative to address the use of alcohol by young people in aquatic environments. These findings have key implications for public health policy, advocacy and practice.

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Respecting alcohol, respecting the water: Young adult perspectives on how to reduce alcohol‐influenced drownings in Australia

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Epidemiological Analysis of Drowning Deaths Among Different Groups in Jordan - a Retrospective Study (2015-2019)

Epidemiological Analysis of Drowning Deaths Among Different Groups in Jordan - a Retrospective Study (2015-2019)

Young people's alcohol use in and around water: A scoping review of the literature

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