Provision of basic swimming and water safety skills in low-resource environments: barriers and facilitators of use of WHO practical guidance

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Mecrow, Thomas, Abrahams, Jill Fortuin, Said, Muhammad, Baker, Shayne, Bonney, James, Rahman, Aminur and Peden, Amy E. 2024. "Provision of basic swimming and water safety skills in low-resource environments: barriers and facilitators of use of WHO practical guidance." Injury Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045300

Article Title	Provision of basic swimming and water safety skills in low-resource environments: barriers and facilitators of use of WHO practical guidance
ERA Journal ID	13576
Article Category	Article
Authors	Mecrow, Thomas, Abrahams, Jill Fortuin, Said, Muhammad, Baker, Shayne, Bonney, James, Rahman, Aminur and Peden, Amy E
Journal Title	Injury Prevention
Number of Pages	7
Year	2024
Place of Publication	Australia
ISSN	1353-8047
	1475-5785
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045300
Web Address (URL)	https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2024/11/06/ip-2024-045300
Abstract	WHO guidance supports implementation of drowning prevention interventions. This study aimed to examine barriers and facilitators of use of WHO guidance on basic swimming and water safety skills in low-resource settings, gathering insights into inform codesign of technical resources.
Keywords	Swimming skills; low-resource settings; drowning prevention; water safety
Article Publishing Charge (APC) Funding	Other
Contains Sensitive Content	Does not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	420603. Health promotion
Byline Affiliations	Royal National Lifeboat Institution, United States
	University of Cape Town, South Africa
	Panje Project, United Republic of Tanzania
	University of Southern Queensland
	Royal Lifesaving Society Commonwealth, United Kingdom
	Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh, Bangladesh
	University of New South Wales

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