Activities and Occupational Settings
This theme encompasses research, policy and programs orientated towards activities where drowning and other areas of water safety is a consideration. This theme might include papers that:
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- Address recreational boating safety, including Government, industry and NGO approaches to lifejacket policies, licensing, and safety campaigning.
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- Address maritime safety systems, including Government, industry and NGO approaches to safety standards, coastguard and marine rescue and response.
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- Address safety in the context of recreational watercraft including SUP safety, kayak and canoeing.
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- Address the management of safety in the context of scuba diving and snorkelling.
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- Address surfing safety including role in bystander rescue, and injury management.
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- Address approaches to reducing drowning in rock fishers, including policy, enforcement, and education.
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- Address occupational fishing across a range of settings including small scale fisheries, and aquaculture industries.
The WCDP committee have released the Activities and Occupational Settings accepted papers, take a look below. More papers to follow.
Disclaimer: papers were correct at the time of publishing. Please note, circumstances may change beyond the control of the organisers, which may necessitate substitutions or alterations to the conference program.
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Presenting |
Title of submission |
Format |
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Ian Pike |
Changing Awareness, Attitudes and Behaviours in an Evidence-Informed Social Marketing Campaign to Reduce Recreational Boating Injuries in British Columbia, Canada |
Oral |
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Ryo Shimada |
Proposal of Bathtub Drowning Prevention System using Smartphone |
Oral |
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Teresa Stanley |
Waikato River – Motivators to risky behaviours |
Oral |
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Jenny Smith |
An expert-novice comparison of lifeguard-specific vigilance performance |
Oral |
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Rebecca Sindall |
A human-centred design approach to identify drowning risks and intervention gaps for small-scale fishing communities in Tanzania |
Oral |
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Joden Haubrich |
Strategies to Improve Water Safety Awareness in Alberta Oil Sands |
Oral |
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Frederick Oporia |
“Those lifejackets however poor quality they may be, at least they make it easy to find your body in the lake when you die…” Determinants of lifejacket wear among occupational boaters on Lake Albert, Uganda. A qualitative study |
Oral |
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Frederick Oporia |
Lifejacket wear and associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: A cross-sectional survey |
Oral |
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Kane N. Cocker |
How the method of immersion into cold water affects cerebral blood velocity. |
Oral |
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Shane Daw |
Rock Fishing, Lifes on the Line |
Oral |
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Chris Jacobson |
Lifejackets: An exploration of use and associated barriers in four popular coastal activities |
Oral |
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Jenny Smith |
The influence of vigilance performance on lifeguard gaze behaviour |
Oral |
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Colleen Saunders |
A retrospective analysis of the circumstantial factors contributing to drowning incidents reported in the South African media |
Oral |
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Mohammad Hossain |
Impact of lifeguard service in low resource setting at Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh |
Oral |