SynthesisJournal of community health2023
A Review of Interventions for Drowning Prevention Among Adults.
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- Pooled it
- Using ERIC to Assess Implementation Science in Drowning Prevention Interventions in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Spatio-temporal clustering of drowning mortality in Iran, from 2005 to 2022.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2026Article
- Ice-related winter drowning: an area for evidence-informed injury prevention.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2026Article
- A climate sensitive-health risk: A scoping review of environmental determinants of aquatic injury and mortality.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Trends in Unintentional Drowning Mortality Among U.S. Adults Aged ≥25 Years, 1999-2024: A U.S. Surveillance Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Community risk perceptions and recommendations for drowning prevention: A qualitative study across West Bengal, India.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Seawater drowning induced acute lung injury: new insights from novel mouse models and micro-CT imaging.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of injuries from 1990 to 2021: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021.Annals of medicine · 2025Observational
- Drowning deaths in West Bengal, India: a statewide community-based survey.BMJ global health · 2025Observational
- A novel model for early prediction of in-hospital mortality in seawater drowning: the SNOP score.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Make the Right Call: formative evaluation for a water safety programme for adults in Western Australia.Global health promotion · 2025Article
- Drowning prevention strategies for migrant adults in Australia: a qualitative multiple case study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Measuring the Swimming Skills of Adults Attending Swimming Lessons in Australia as a Drowning Prevention Measure.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Re-evaluating National Suicide Prevention Month: Strategic Timing and Enhanced Impact.Critical public health · 2025Article
- Next-Generation swimming pool drowning prevention strategy integrating AI and IoT technologies.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Water safe Worcester: student-led drowning prevention in an adolescent underserved population.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Fatal drowning in Indonesia: understanding knowledge gaps through a scoping review.Health promotion international · 2023Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Adult drowning is a complex and multifactorial public health challenge requiring community, national and global efforts to mitigate impacts. This study updates the evidence base for public health interventions that address adult fatal and non-fatal drowning. A systematic review was undertaken of the peer-reviewed literature for English-language primary studies published between 2011 and 2021describing a drowning intervention with adults. Twenty-two studies were included. Most studies (n = 16) were conducted in high-income countries. Yearly trends in drowning prevention intervention publications were analysed with 2015 (n = 6) the peak publishing year. Over half of the study designs were pre-post (n = 15). Intervention duration ranged from 4 hours to 11 years. Ten studies described either behaviour change theory or formative evaluation to inform design. Thirteen studies targeted interventions at a population level, seven at a group level and two at individual level. Studies identified a range of prevention strategies, categorised as behavioural (n = 9) (e.g., swimming lessons), socio-ecological (n = 8) (e.g., mandatory personal flotation devices) and mixed (n = 5) (e.g., awareness campaign and barriers to prevent access to water). A range of outcomes were described including changes in awareness, water safety knowledge, attitudes, water safety behaviours and skills, environmental, policy and regulation changes and drowning rates. Findings indicate a small but important increase in the evaluation and publication of effective interventions to prevent adult drowning. The complexity of the issues surrounding drowning requires multi-strategy and context -specific adult focused prevention interventions. Contemporary evidence that identifies effective interventions that contribute to prevention efforts is an essential first step in addressing the challenge.
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