Lifestages and Population
This theme encompasses research, policy and programs addressing life course and population-based approaches to drowning prevention, including papers that:
- Address drowning prevention by or in partnership with First Nation groups and populations including those focused on health, social and economic co-benefits.
- Address migrant and refugee populations including drowning risk during transit and at settlement, including positive approaches to build community capacity, employment, and love of water.
- Address key life stages including children, adolescents, men, and the elderly including innovative approaches and interventions.
- Address disparities in drowning risk or burden among racial, ethnic and/or cultural populations within a nation, region, or community, including interventions focused on equity, justice or historically excluded populations.
- Address drowning prevention prioritising people living, working and recreating with a disability.
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.
| Presenting | Title of submission | Decision |
| Amy Peden | Adolescent drowning prevention: An underexplored issue of global importance | Oral |
| William Ramos | Lay rescuer equipment preferences and efficacy during a simulated drowning event | Oral |
| Pamela Simon | Inclusive Beaches – a beach environment for all abilities | Oral |
| Eric Shendelman | The No Push Movement™ – The development of an Ambassador program that helps to create a culture of safety and awareness in and around water by encouraging individuals to never push others into water. | Oral |
| Justine Leavy | Alcohol advertising around waterways: a pilot project to capture adverts on the beach | Oral |
| Harry Aonga | Water competence programmes for Asian ethnicities in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland | Oral |
| Teresa Stanley | Assisting adults to understand actual water competence | Oral |
| Lynley Stewart | Parents as First Teachers Preventing Drowning | Oral |
| Beata Kiss | ‘Diving into CALD water’: Learnings for swimming and water safety delivery for newly arrived Australians | Oral |
| Gemma Crawford | Make the Right Call: designing and delivering evidence-informed adult drowning prevention campaigns for older adults. | Oral |
| María Rodríguez Martínez | Analysis of deaths by drowning during migration movements in Europe | Oral |
| María Rodríguez Martínez | Specific actions for population groups vulnerable to drowning | Poster |
| Isabel García Sanz | Social awareness campaign on migrant population drowning | Oral |
| Murray Drummond | Care for the carers: Understanding the mental health awareness within Australian lifesavers and lifeguards. | Oral |
| Jamie Findlay | Holidays – who is really at risk on the coast on public and school holidays? | Poster |
| Belinda Cooper | Kangaroo Beach – An interactive approach with international reach for engaging younger children in water safety education | Oral |
| Brad Low | Embracing Diversity: Providing Training for Indigenous and CALD Communities | Oral |
| Blanche Marchant | School Leavers celebrations in Western Australia – a captive audience for youth water safety and drowning prevention strategies. | Oral |
| Grace Strugnell | Exploring adolescents’ risk taking knowledge, attitudes and behaviours through pre-post evaluation of an open water education program on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. | Oral |
| Danielle Taylor | The effect of rural and remote residence on drowning rates: A review of the literature | Poster |
| Stacey Willcox-Pidgeon | Beyond the numbers: water safety knowledge, attitudes and participation of migrant adults to determine their drowning risk | Oral |
| Katrien Pickles | Drowning among children 5-14 years: Risk factors for children in varying stages of development | Poster |
| Lauren Miller | Swimming out of your depth: Tourist drowning in Australia from 2008 to 2018 | Oral |
| Emily Gleeson | Designing Sustainable Prevention Interventions for Rural and Remote Queensland: A Local Government Approach – Does the Benchmark Data Reflect the Epidemiology | Poster |
| Monique Sharp | Make the Right Call: A campaign to prevent drowning in inland waterways among young men aged 25 to 45 years in Australia. | Oral |
| Bobby Porykali | Decolonising translational research to enhance water safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities: A partnership process between Guunu-maana (Heal), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program and Royal Life Saving Society – Australia. | Oral |
| Danielle Taylor | Understanding the interconnecting factors involved with rural and remote drowning prevention | Oral |
| Wontae Lee | A Study on the Successful Method and Response of Drowning Prevention in Korea | Oral |
| Rabbya Ashrafi | The effect of early childhood development (ECD) training in the drowning prevention project | Oral |