Preventing river drowning deaths: Lessons from coronial recommendations

Health Promotion Journal of Australia : Official Journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
Amy E PedenPeter A Leggat

Abstract

Coronial data provide rich information on drowning causal factors. Coroners may make recommendations to prevent future drowning events. Rivers are the leading drowning location in Australia. This study examines coronial recommendations associated with unintentional fatal drowning in Australian rivers from an injury prevention perspective. All river drowning cases in Australia between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2012 were extracted from the National Coronial Information System (NCIS). Recommendations were thematically analysed. Using a deductive process, each unique recommendation was coded to a category aligned to the Hierarchy of Control's 6 levels. An inductive process was used for those not categorised. Recommendations were also coded against a modified SMART principle. Of the 730 river drownings, 58 cases (7.9%) resulted in 71 unique recommendations. Victorian cases (X2  = 32.1; P < 0.01) and multiple fatality events (X2  = 41.9; P < 0.01) were more likely to have recommendations. Common categories of recommendations were administrative (39.4%) and signage-related (18.3%). Recommendations were often low on the Hierarchy; namely administrative (67.6%) and behaviour (19.1%). Half (50.7%) satisfied four of six modified SMART princ...Continue Reading

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Aug 31, 2018·Health Promotion Journal of Australia : Official Journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals·Richard C Franklin, David A Sleet
Aug 23, 2018·Health Promotion Journal of Australia : Official Journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals·Amy E PedenPeter A Leggat
Jun 11, 2019·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health·Richard C FranklinPeter A Leggat
Feb 15, 2019·PloS One·Robert W BranderShane Daw
Apr 1, 2019·Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention·Amy E PedenPeter A Leggat
Nov 21, 2020·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Danielle H TaylorRichard C Franklin
Nov 25, 2020·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Amy E PedenRichard C Franklin
Dec 29, 2020·Health Promotion Journal of Australia : Official Journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals·Hannah L M CalverleyJennifer D Blitvich
May 25, 2021·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health·Amy E PedenAlison J Mahony

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