The theme encourages future orientated thought leadership styled presentations identifying and addressing medium to long term challenges, and presenting solutions including papers that address:

• Changes in societal factors impacting on drowning prevention i.e., migration
• Technological advancements across all areas of drowning prevention
• Ideas contributing to a long-term global strategy for drowning prevention

 

The WCDP committee have released the Coastal Safety 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.

Samuel Cornell	Investigating Land Manager’s Perceptions, Knowledge, and Understanding of Aquatic Selfie-Related Deaths and Injuries	Oral
Prithiviraj Ramhara8	“Lifeguard and the HR”	Poster
Paul Hardy	The benefits of embracing new technologies: Surf Life Saving NSW’s Journey with Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles	Oral
Paul S. Dunning	The role of Faith-Based Communities and Political Will in Ecuador that quickly created change to address the drowning problem resulting in desired outcomes. Observations in Ecuador that contributed to the creation of a national water safety plan called Project Safe Beaches.	Poster
Jo Murray	The My Coast App – curated data for improved beach safety, a global first	Poster
Sylvie Bernier	The day I couldn’t dive! Olympic diving champion, Sylvie Bernier, witnessed the drowning of her nephew Raphaël and transformed the tragedy into positive change.	Oral
María Rodríguez Martínez	Importance of social networks as a tool for the dissemination of drowning prevention	Poster
María Rodríguez Martínez	SIFA. Integrated Data Management System for Incidents in the Aquatic Environment. Digital drowning data tool	Poster
Benjamin Hanara	Ruku Kai Piki Mai – Enhancing Māori Wellbeing through Ruku Kai (diving for cultural food gathering purposes) (this is a PhD thesis due for submission in October 2023)	Oral
Murray Drummond	Forgotten responders: A preliminary study on Australian surf lifesavers and lifeguards	Poster
Tina van Duijn	Evidence-base and feasibility of using Do-it-yourself (DIY) manikins to teach resuscitation skills	Poster
Shane Daw	Rip Currents – Evaluating a behavioural change safety campaign	Oral
Shannon Fox	Understanding the importance of building social connections with(in) Surf Life Saving to enhance community resilience and encourage behaviour change	Oral
Samantha Fien	Systematic Literature Review of Surf Lifesaving Research – Australia & New Zealand	Poster
Rebecca Sindall	We’re going to need a bigger boat: evidence to integrate drowning prevention into other sectors	Poster
Alexandre Tadeia	Creation of a new rescue tube, that combine torpedo buoy characteristics	Poster
Mr. Sigilbert Mrema	Missing: Verbal autopsy narratives lack detail for drowning intervention design in Tanzania	Oral
John Mogensen	The monetary value of a Danish lifeguard service in 2023	Oral
Ross MacLeod	Lessons from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) approach to the challenge of responding to incidents involving water-based suicide and people in mental health crisis across the UK & Ireland.	Oral
Mike Melenchuk	Team leadership on the beach, impacts of gender on lifeguard activities	Oral
Robert Edgerton	Training on the Integration of Lifeguards into the Rescue Patient Care Contiunum Through Simulated Scenarios	Oral
Andrew Chan	Remaining relevant for the future – the role of training and education in building aquatic rescue capability	Poster
Nahid Akther	Menstrual health: a neglected health issue among female community swimming instructors in Bangladesh, need policy intervention	Oral
Emmanuel Nakua	A qualitative study of the circumstances and context of drowning in Ghana	Oral
Md Al Amin Bhuiyan	The effectiveness of the Bangladeshi adolescents in strengthening the child drowning prevention program	Poster
Md. Al Amin Bhuiyan	The impact of COVID-19 on child drowning prevention activities in rural Bangladesh	Oral
Justin Sempsrott	Developing a global research framework for drowning – STAGE 1 of a proposed model from the International Drowning Researchers Alliance (IDRA): Building a Drowning Evidence Gap Map	Oral
Nelms Milton	Interanimation is a dynamic, interactive aquatic phenomenon affecting humans in the water, changing their relationship to the water. It is a sensory and perceptual phenomenon that calms emotions, reduces energy demand, and when taught as part of swimming, adds duration to any swimming activity, helping to prevent drowning.	Poster