Assessment of water safety competencies: Benefits and caveats of testing in open water

Drowning has been the cause of over 2.5 million preventable deaths in the past decade. Despite the fact that the majority of drownings occur in open water, assessment of water safety competency typically occurs in swimming pools. The assessment of water safety competency in open water environments b...

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Main Authors: Tina van Duijn, Kane Cocker, Ludovic Seifert, Chris Button
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.982480/full