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Drowning prevention counselling by paediatricians to educate caregivers on water safety

Shabana Yusuf1, Jennifer L Jones1, Elizabeth A Camp1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
|June 6, 2022
PubMed

Insights

Pediatricians improved drowning prevention counseling for children aged 0-10. This water safety program increased caregiver knowledge, reducing child drowning risks in Texas.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Pediatrics
  • Injury Prevention

Background:

  • Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury death for children aged 1-4 in the USA.
  • Texas experiences a disproportionately high rate of pediatric drowning incidents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance drowning prevention counseling during pediatric well-child visits for children aged 0-10.
  • To implement and evaluate a water safety education program for healthcare providers.

Main Methods:

  • A water safety counseling program was developed and implemented for pediatricians.
  • Physicians and caregivers were surveyed pre- and post-intervention regarding drowning prevention strategies and knowledge.
  • Data collected included physician counseling rates and caregiver-reported learning of new safety information.

Main Results:

  • Physician discussion of drowning prevention improved significantly (3.5 to 4 on Likert scale, P=0.002).
  • Counseling frequency in primary care increased from 54% to 70%.
  • Caregiver acquisition of new water safety information rose from 68.8% to 80.6% (P<0.001).

Conclusions:

  • The water safety education program successfully increased drowning prevention counseling during well-child visits.
  • The program proved effective in enhancing caregiver knowledge of water safety measures.
  • Pediatricians possessed adequate drowning prevention knowledge, and the counseling strategy facilitated knowledge transfer to families.
Abstract

Keywords:
counsellingpaediatric drowning preventionwater safety

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