Swimming and Water Safety Education
This theme encompasses papers that:
- Investigate the effectiveness of teaching swimming and water safety skills as interventions in for all ages and settings.
- Explore and advance the scientific and practical notion of water competency for all ages
- Explore specific strategies to ensure equitable access to swimming and water safety programs across all populations and life stages and settings
- Explore and evaluate system level responses including school, private and policy approaches
- Governmental approaches to addressing children’s swimming and water safety skills including school-based, vacation based, incentive systems
- Address short-medium term impacts of COVID pandemic on children’s swimming skills
The WCDP committee have released the Swimming and Water Safety Education 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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Jeewanthika Ekanayaka |
Effect of a Drowning Prevention Educational Intervention on Water Safety Knowledge, Attitudes and Survival Swimming Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial among Young Adults in Sri Lanka. |
Oral |
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Simon Williamson |
Examining the impact of New Zealand’s Swim Reaper campaign on water safety attitudes and fatal and non-fatal drowning among males 15-34 years |
Oral |
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Stephanie Field |
Incorporating swimming and water safety content in a pre-service physical and health education teacher training program |
Oral |
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Shayne Baker |
Open water drowning survival guidelines for swimmers |
Poster |
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Lauren Haubrich |
A Unique Partnership: High School Work Experience as a Swim to Survive Instructor in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Oral |
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Guilaine Denis |
Good Practices’ Guide for Developing Shorelines with Drowning Hazards |
Oral |
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Liliana Oliveira |
The 3Ss for Water Competence of the SAFER IN WATER PROGRAM – Parents’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the distinctive features of this water safety program. |
Oral |
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Nina Nyitrai |
Content validity of a new aquatic skill assessment tool: raee (refuse, assist, effective, efficient) |
Oral |
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Allana Santiago |
Investigating the potential of virtual reality panoramas to impart water safety knowledge to children |
Oral |
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Ngarita Ehau-Taumaunu |
Ka hura tangata uta te tiaki atu ki tangata tai – Ngāti Porou Surflifesaving, following ancestral legacies |
Oral |
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Nahid Akther |
Crèche mother: case stories of some unsung heroes who have saved the lives of drowned children by cardio pulmonary resuscitation in rural Bangladesh |
Oral |
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Cristian Abelairas-Gómez |
How to recognise drowning: lifeguards vs parents |
Workshop |
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Clare Eglin |
Improving floating competency of inexperienced water users in open sea and fresh water |
Oral |
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Hannah Calverley |
What makes a child at-risk of not meeting swimming and water safety benchmarks? |
Oral |
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Samuel Cornell |
“I actually thought that I was going to die”: Lessons on the Rip Current Hazard from Survivor Experiences |
Oral |
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Kristiina Heinonen |
Swimming skills of children in Finland after Covid |
Oral |
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Heather Massey |
Floating competence: evaluating the separate effects of instructions and practice |
Poster |
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Duy Nguyen |
Swim Vietnam Charity Swimming and Water Safety Educational program and Swim Teacher Training Professional Development. |
Poster |
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Rattana Chey |
Title: How a School Based Drowning Prevention Program in Cambodia is Increasing Drowning Risk Minimization Skills and Knowledge. |
Oral |
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Kevin Moran |
Can you get in safely? Water entry knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours |
Oral |
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Asanka Nanayakkara |
Swim for Safety, Sri Lanka – Survival Swimming and Water Safety Education Among School Children |
Oral |
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Puspa Raj Pant |
Assessment of Nepali media reports exploring areas of action for drowning prevention in Nepal |
Oral |
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Laura Withers |
Water Safety Awareness Program: Engaging with parents and swim schools to ensure children under 5 years of age have water safety as part of their family life – 20 years of success. |
Oral |
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Graham Buckley |
Swimming for Safety – The challenges and opportunities of open water swimming lessons in rural Vietnam. |
Oral |
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Kirsty Doig |
Review of the Darcey Sunshine Foundation Water Safety Programme for Grade R Children in the low-resource setting of the Western Cape province, South Africa. |
Oral |
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William Ramos |
Impact of Swim Lessons on Unsupported Water Competency Among Young Children |
Oral |
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Kyra Hamilton |
Social cognition predictors of drowning preventive behaviours: A meta-analysis |
Oral |
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Chris Button |
MoveWell: Developing a games-centred approach to aquatics education |
Oral |
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Mike Anderson |
From near drowning to Surf Lifesaver: A community partnership led strategy for drowning prevention of at-risk culturally and religiously diverse males, their families and communities. (please consider ammending language from near drowning) |
Oral |
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Nina Nyitrai |
Inter- and intra-rater reliability of two aquatic skill assessment tools: Competent/not yet competent and raee (refuse, assisted, effective, efficient) |
Oral |
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Ciara Gleeson |
Teaching WISE(Water Insight, Safety and Education): Using Insights and Applications to teach water safety to TY’s. |
Oral |
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Chanel Phillips |
He Puna Waiora: Creating a Kaupapa Māori Water Safety Programme for Whānau |
Oral |
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Jeewanthika Ekanayaka |
University students’ experiences and perspectives on a water safety educational intervention “Swim for Safety”– A qualitative study in Sri Lanka. |
Oral |
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François Potdevin |
A combined task test to assess the motor dimension of aquatic literacy in the ALFAC project: the ‘Parcours’. |
Oral |
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Ilka Staub |
Development of test battery for actual and perceived aquatic motor competence through 10 isolated tasks |
Oral |
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Allana Santiago |
Immersive virtual reality for safety training with children – A systematic literature review |
Poster |
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Shawn Wilson |
Finding Your Lane: Experiences and Beyond for Adults Learning to Swim |
Oral |
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Susana Soares |
Pedagogical tools for aquatic literacy development |
Oral |
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Md shafkat Hossain |
Feasibility of survival swimming teaching for children in the most drowning-prone division of Bangladesh |
Poster |
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Pete DeQuincy |
“Vamos A Aprender,” A New Water Safety Education Model to Better Serve the Urban Poor in Northern California |
Oral |
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Notan Chandra Dutta |
Addressing the key factors in survival swimming learning sessions for children: Learning from comprehensive drowning prevention programme in Bangladesh |
Poster |
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Hilde Elise Hansen |
Movement in water – more than swimming. Experiences from the Nelms Method – a nervous system-based activity and training program in the water for people with disabilities |
Oral |
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Huyen Doan Thi Thu |
Success of childhood survival swim and water safety education interventions in Viet Nam and lesson learned for low and middle income countries |
Oral |
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Kate Simpson |
Addressing the swim teacher shortage in Victoria, Australia |
Oral |
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Cuong Pham V |
Survival swim learning: role of gender, age and practice among Vietnamese children aged 6-15 |
Oral |
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Indira Santi |
Swimdo: developing a model for the implementation of child drowning prevention-based grassroots movements in low- and middle-income countries |
Oral |
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Brendan Mc Grath |
Developing a framework for Lifelong Involvement in Water Safety Activities. |
Oral |
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Clare Eglin |
Floating competency of inexperienced water users in moving open sea and fresh water |
Poster |
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Esther Hone |
“Water Skills for Life: A Global Approach to Water Safety Education” |
Oral |
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Thomas Wild |
Conceptualising Floatability in Water and the Factors Affecting it for Prevention Prior and Self-Rescue in a Drowning Event (Haddon Phases 1 and 2): a Systematic Review |
Poster |
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Thomas Wild |
Perceptions and Awareness of Floatability in Water and the Factors Affecting it: A Mixed-Methods Online Survey of Adults and Swimming Teachers from the UK, Ireland and New Zealand |
Oral |
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Zsófia Kovács |
Systematic Review of the assessment tools for aquatic literacy in 6-12 years-old children |
Oral |
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Agus Dharma |
PREVENTION FROM DROWNING TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS: AN EVIDENCE FROM BULELENG REGENCY, BALI |
Oral |
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Nina Nyitrai |
Competent (effective) adult swimmers: effect of clothing on aquatic skill performance |
Poster |
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Michelle Ling |
Sustainable partnerships in drowning prevention – a Victorian case study |
Oral |
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Annette (Floss) Roberts |
Remote Swim, Survive and Strive: How strong community relationships in remote Indigenous communities can prevent drowning. |
Oral |
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Takashi Toriumi |
Measure the safe exit, one of the water competence, in water safe education for Japanese college students. |
Oral |
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Alexandre Tadeia |
How World Drowning Prevention Day 2022 boosted water safety in Portugal |
Oral |
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SEBASTIAN RAJ SANTHANAM |
Why Indian fishing youth and coastline habitants need Swimming & Water Safety training |
Poster |
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Dr Shayne Baker |
Developing technical resources to support implementation of basic swimming skills in low-resource settings: outcomes of a multi-country workshop |
Oral |
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Torill Hindmarch |
Let the baby show the way. Treating the child as a subject not an object (1) by allowing child initiated learning in aquatic spaces as a model for drowning prevention. Creating challenges through policy changes for teachers of baby swimming in the Norwegian Lifesaving Society. |
Oral |
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Natasha Hudoba |
Community Programs in Action |
Oral |
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Aminur Rahman |
Retention of swimming skills among SwimSafe graduates in rural communities of Bangladesh. |
Oral |
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Takayuki Matsumoto |
Development and Implementation of Effective ICT Teaching Materials for Water Safety Education |
Oral |
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Lawitra Kawee |
A survey of life jacket use in Thailand |
Poster |
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Paulo Nunes |
Analysis of anthropometric and neuromotor conditions of Lifeguards candidates in Rio de Janeiro |
Poster |
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Torill Hindmarch |
Not the “what” but the “how” one teaches. Pupil centred learning reveals inherent competencies that develop resilient swimmers from the constraints of shallow water to the three dimensional freedom of deep water. Let the pupil lead the teacher. |
Poster |
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Terina Raureti |
Kauora: A Theory and Praxis of Swimming for Māori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand |
Oral |
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Ciara Gleeson |
Teaching teachers to teach water safety: PAWS (Primary Aquatic Water Safety) in the classroom. |
Poster |
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Egil Galaaen Gjølme |
Swimming and lifesaving training the Norwegian Curriculum |
Oral |
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Mziwoxolo Mayedwa |
Drowning Prevention and water safety education: A case study of watersmart programme in South Africa |
Oral |
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João Paulo |
Behavior of drowning victims: a mini-review |
Poster |
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Paulo Nunes |
Analysis of lifeguards’ perception of the effectiveness of verbal, visual and sound mechanisms for drowning prevention on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. |
Poster |
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Paulo Filho |
Techniques to approach drowning victims with different behaviors at sea |
Poster |
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Eve Fraser |
A Global Approach to Water Safety & Drowning Prevention – |
Oral |
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Agus Satria |
Swimdo voluntourism; a model for generating sustainable revenue for child drowning prevention programs in low- and-middle income countries |
Oral |
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Florence Barraud |
Local Perspectives on Swimming, Recreational Ocean Access and Gender Barriers in the Maldives |
Oral |
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JEFERSON FRANÇA |
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOBRASA CPR MANNEQUINS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS – A MEASURE OF PREVENTION |
Poster |
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Nathalie Martin |
Collaborating for Water Safety and Environmental Stewardship: The Swim Global Project and Waterkeepers Bahamas Partnership |
Oral |
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Tanya Carmont |
Water skills for life charity swimming and water safety programs – volunteering in your community successfully. Providing opportunities to disadvantaged, CALD communities and others to learn water safety and swimming skills as well as a pathway to training as a swim teacher. |
Poster |
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Masahiro HAYASHI |
Water Safety Education for Public Schools in Japan |
Oral |
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Jacqui Taylor |
“The Bubble” A sensory approach to teaching swimming and water safety |
Poster |
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Banyat Fuklor |
Lessons learned of drowning prevention in situation of Covid-19 by interactive street art |
Poster |
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Ciara Gleeson |
Teaching water safety to 3-5-year-olds. |
Poster |
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Kristine De Martelaer |
Development and validation of an aquatic literacy questionnaire for elementary school children: risk perception |
Poster |
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RJ Houston |
Towards a water-loving nation free from drowning: The role of learn to swim |
Oral |
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Giuseppe Andreana |
Safety and training during the Covid-19 pandemic: the role of lifeguards. |
Poster |
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Stacey Willcox-Pidgeon |
Measuring the swimming skills of adults attending swimming lessons in Australia as a drowning prevention measure |
Oral |
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Shane Gould |
The five-minute swimming lesson: knowing and applying the essence of drowning prevention in a single, short teaching encounter. |
Oral |
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Christoph Freudenhammer |
Basic Aquatic Skills and the German Prüfungsordnung – how to improve swimming and lifesaving skills on scientific basis as well as on nationwide cross-organizational cooperation |
Oral |
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Trine Gudnitz Allpass |
Are you able able to swim? What is the expected outcome of a learn-to-swim programme? |
Poster |
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Egil Galaaen Gjølme |
The app “Water Competence” is a free and open teaching-tool for instructors, teachers, trainers, parents, and others who conduct training in water, swimming, self-rescue, and lifesaving. |
Poster |
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Anthony Muchiri |
Lifesaving is not a preserve for lifeguards |
Poster |
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Jean ROUMIEUX |
Preventing drowning of 4 to 6 years old children in France: implementation of the Aquatic Skills program. |
Oral |
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Torill Estelle Hindmarch |
Drowning in Norway is prevalent in the older generation (1). Inability to assess risk and overestimation of skills may be a factor. Attitudes and behaviour are formed from an early age (2). Can outdoor aquatic activities for preschool children have a long-term effect for their safety and for their parents? |
Poster |
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Andrea Andrews |
The Deep Water Scaffold: Exploring the Psycho-physiological Origin & Value of Deeper Water Insight. |
Poster |
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Sandi Ford |
Australian Distribution Inequalities of Swim Teachers: Attitudes and Pathways to Engagement Within the Industry |
Poster |
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Triahna Coombs |
The Go for 2&5 Regional and Remote Aboriginal Communities Swimming Program (Swim for Fruit) |
Oral |
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Penny Larsen |
National Swimming and Water Safety Framework & Benchmarks: A structured and consistent understanding of swimming and water safety education in Australia. |
Oral |
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Paulo Filho |
Characteristics of the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and their potential risks of drowning |
Poster |
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Paulo Nunes |
Different approaches to drowning victims: efficiency from the lifeguard’s perspective |
Poster |
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Robert Keig Stallman |
ESSENTIAL ‘’BEGINNING’’ STROKES: MEETING THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF ALL BEGINNERS |
Oral |
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Jenny Tang |
Exploring best practices in water safety programs for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse population in New South Wales, Australia: Tapping into practitioners’ expertise |
Poster |
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Michał Kosiński |
Can swimming classes for toddlers improve whole family’s water safety. |
Poster |
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Anthony Muchiri |
Safer water rescue for the Kenyan public |
Poster |
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Carolyn Veldhuyzen |
Migrant/Refugee Programs. Are we reinventing the wheel? |
Poster |
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Banyat Fuklor |
The Development of drowning prevention model in the communities of high risk flooding area. |
Poster |
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Kurt Cordice |
Making “Stone Soup”: Cooperation, partnership and inclusion in the creation of the Tauranga Water Safety Training Hub in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand. |
Poster |
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Rona Macniven |
Evaluation of the First Lap learn to swim voucher program |
Poster |
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Saori Ishihara |
‘Lifesaving education for children in Japan (WaterSafety education) in practice’ |
Poster |
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Antonio Mestre |
RESGATE ANSLA Junior Lifeguard Educational Program – “Creating a water safety culture”: 18-year perspective of program implementation in Portugal |
Poster |
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Kabir Hossen |
Feasibility of a bamboo structure for learning survival swimming in low-resource settings countries |
Poster |
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Robert Keig Stallman |
Which Stroke Next? Essential Strokes for Intermediate and Advanced Swimmers |
Poster |
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Robert Keig Stallman |
Other ‘’Essential’’ Aquatic Psychomoter Competancies |
Poster |
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Zobaer Alam |
An accidental twin drowning: a case study in rural Bangladesh |
Poster |
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Dario (Giorgio) Pezzini |
Fear causes drowning of swimmers: the typical case of rip currents |
Oral |
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(Doretta) Camille Honiball-Cronjé |
Teaching/Learning Water Safety and Self-Saving Skills on Land, without Water: Step-by-Step Solutions for Survival including a Song, established through forty years teaching experience – that may contribute to reduce drowning, especially of non-swimmers at the highest risk due to limited resources in the eighty-two Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries |
Poster |
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Rethabile Majalle |
drowning prevention in Lesotho. |
Poster |
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Isabel García Sanz |
What happens when Primary Education does not protect against drowning? |
Poster |
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Andrea Andrews |
Making a Case for Officially Describing & Acknowledging the Elite Nature of Deep Water Entrainment. |
Poster |
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Florence Barraud |
Challenges, Effectiveness, and Impacts of a Female-Focused Swimming Instructor Training Programme in the Maldives |
Poster |
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Isabel García Sanz |
The motor storytelling use as an educational tool in drowning prevention |
Poster |