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Recommendations for the prevention of drowning
Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), 2015 Drowning is the second leading cause of non-intentional death in children under the age of 19 in Europe. Weather conditions in Spain allow an extended period of contact with water, therefore increasing the risk of drowning (due to the increased exposure), and constitutes the second leading cause of accidental death in children less than 14 years of age.
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Development and Validation of a Survey Instrument on Drowning Prevention and Water Safety among Parents of Primary School Children [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019 Introduction: Malaysia has limited educational material on drowning prevention and water safety. Currently, no formal regulations or acts applicable to drowning prevention were identified such as requiring lifeguards to be present in all public pools ...
Noor Hamzani Farizan +2 more
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Drowning. The route of a victim (clinical lecture)
Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022 Drowning is a process of a severe respiratory disorder due to complete or partial immersion in a liquid medium. There are 5 types of drownings: true (aspiration), asphyxial, syncopal, hyperventilation and sudden death on the water.
V.V. Yekhalov +2 more
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Pool Drownings and Their Prevention [PDF]
Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1967 MERICANS are bringing the bathing beach into their communities and backyards. Twenty years ago, of an estimated 10,800 swimming pools of permanent inground construction in the United States, 2,500-less than 25 percent-were connected with homes or private residences (1). By 1966, when permanent pools of all classifications had increased to more than 700,
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Lessons learned through the 20-year development of a national fatal drowning database in Australia
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Co-ordinated, evidence-based policy and programmatic efforts are needed to respond to complex drowning prevention problems. Comprehensive, current, and robust data are vital for agenda setting, burden and risk factor identification ...
Amy E Peden +3 more
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Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Measures for Preventing Drowning in Africa: A Systematic Review
Medicina, 2019 Background and Objectives: Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury related mortality worldwide, and accounts for roughly 320,000 deaths yearly.
Lauren Miller +3 more
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Fatal intentional drowning in Australia: A systematic literature review of rates and risk factors.
PLoS ONE, 2020 INTRODUCTION:Unintentional drowning deaths are only part of the drowning profile, with little attention being paid to intentional drowning in Australia.
Muthia Cenderadewi +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Introduction Drowning is a global public health threat, disproportionately impacting low-income and middle-income countries. In the Philippines, it is estimated that more than 5200 people die from drowning per annum.
Amy E Peden +2 more
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Drowning: epidemiology and prevention. [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1974 Approximately 6,500 persons drown in the United States each year.' Drowning is the fourth leading cause of accidental death, and for ages 5 to 24 is second only to death due to motor vehicles. Widespread programs of swimming and water safety instruction may account for the decreased drowning rates observed in recent decades, an encouraging achievement ...
P E, Dietz, S P, Baker
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Assessing variations in estimates of drowning mortality in Turkey from 2013 to 2019
Archives of Public Health, 2022 Introduction Drowning is an under-recognised public health threat and a leading cause of injury-related mortality and morbidity. However, in many countries, including Turkey, limited data impair understanding of drowning burden and Global Burden of ...
Ali Işın, Amy E. Peden
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