- Title
- Supervision
- Creator
- Petrass, Lauren
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/160260
- Identifier
- vital:12169
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04253-9
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-3-642-04253-9
- Abstract
- In 1989, it was noted that lapses in parental supervision was the most frequently cited contributory factor in child drownings [1]. Whilst findings from drowning studies completed in the 1980s are now somewhat dated, more recently it has been recognised that further research investigating variations in parental supervision and differences in exposure to water and swimming pools is required [2]. Whilst supervision is ubiquitously mentioned as a contributing factor in child drowning literature, few researchers have attempted to formally define the term [3, 4]. For studies that have provided a definition, all are based on the hierarchical model of supervision that incorporates three dimensions:Attention: visual and auditoryProximity: touching, within reach, beyond reachContinuity: constant, intermittent, absent [5]Based on this model, a combination of all dimensions is required to define supervisory behaviours, with supervision increasing as one or more of the three supervision dimensions increase. Although there is no standardised operational definition of supervision in aquatic settings or other contexts, the hierarchical model appears to provide a sound framework for measuring supervision.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- Drowning: Prevention, Rescue, Treatment Chapter 27 p. 175-179
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Drowning; Prevention; Hypothermia; Rescue Resuscitation
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