A systematic review of demographic and background factors associated with the development of children’s aquatic competence

Abstract Background Globally, drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury and death among children. Teaching aquatic competencies (swimming skills and water safety knowledge) to children has been proposed as a prevention strategy. In Australia, however, many children are not meeting standard...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Duke, Hannah Calverley, Lauren Petrass, Jacqui Peters, Kate Moncrieff, Loretta Konjarski, Bernadette Matthews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:Injury Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-023-00447-4