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Alternative Title:
Inj Prev
Personal Author:
Mercado-Crespo, Melissa C.; Quan, Linda; Bennett, Elizabeth; Gilchrist, Julie; Levy, Benjamin A.; ... More +
Mercado-Crespo, Melissa C.; Quan, Linda; Bennett, Elizabeth; Gilchrist, Julie; Levy, Benjamin A.; Robinson, Candice L.; Wendorf, Kristen; Gangan, M. Aurora; Stevens, Mark R.; Lee, Robin; Less -
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Background Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death among U.S. children. Multiple studies describe decreased drowning risk among children possessing some swim skills. Current surveillance for this protective factor is self/proxy-reported swim skill rather than observed in-water performance; however, children’s self-report or parents’ proxy report of swim skill has not been validated. Methods For this cross-sectional convenience-based sample, pilot study, child/parent dyads (N=482) were recruited at three outdoor public pools in Washington state. Agreement between measures of self- and parental-reports of children’s swim skill was assessed via paired analyses, and validated by in-water swim-test results. Results Participants were representative of pool’s patrons (i.e., non-Hispanic White, highly educated, high income). There was agreement in child/parent dyads’ reports of the following child swim skill measures: “ever taken swim lessons”, perceived “good swim skills”, and “comfort in water over head”. Correlation analyses suggest that reported “good swim skills” was the best survey measure to assess a child’s swim skill – best if the parent was the informant (r=0.25–0.47). History of swim lessons was not significantly correlated with passing the swim test. Conclusion Reported “good swim skills” was most correlated with observed swim skill. Reporting “yes” to “ever taken swim lessons” did not correlate with swim skill. While non-generalizable, findings can help inform future studies.
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Adolescent
Article
Athletic Performance
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drowning
Exercise Test
Female
Humans
Male
Parents
Pilot Projects
Public Health
Reproducibility Of Results
Self Report
Surveillance
Swimming
Task Performance And Analysis

Source:
Inj Prev. 22(4):253-260;
Pubmed ID:
26759347
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5495145
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States;
Place as Subject:
Washington;
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CDC Public Access
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