- Title
- Water safety education programs in culturally and linguistically diverse seattle communities : program design and pilot evaluation
- Creator
- Koon, William; Bennett, Elizabeth; Stempski, Sarah; Blitvich, Jennifer
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/180556
- Identifier
- vital:15782
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.25035/ijare.13.02.02
- Identifier
- ISBN:1932-9997 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Drowning is a public health concern that disproportionally affects children and minorities in Washington State. Community health educators from Seattle Children's Hospital designed a Water Safety Education and Lifejacket Giveaway Program for low-income parents of preschool-aged children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The program was interpreted into multiple languages and parents and children in attendance received free lifejackets. The mixed-methods pilot evaluation of this program found statistically significant relationships between language and self-reported parent swim skill level (English-speaker OR 4.6; 95%CI: 1.84 - 11.54); and confidence of keeping one's child safe (English-speaker OR 3.34; 95%CI: 1.10 - 10.4). Additionally, parents who self-reported that they could swim had four times the odds of feeling confident in keeping their children safe around the water (95% CI: 1.21 - 13.28). Qualitative data from follow-up interviews identified that the program boosted parent knowledge and confidence in safe water practices. Multi-lingual delivery and the role of partner preschools was critical to this program's success. Specific programmatic focus on adult parent/caregiver skills and knowledge that reduce risk around the water should be a priority for future efforts to reduce drowning. © 2021 Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.. All rights reserved.
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
- Relation
- International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education Vol. 13, no. 2 (2021), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Human Kinetics Publishers Inc
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Drowning; Education intervention; Injury prevention; Parent education; Program evaluation
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