Drowning is fast, silent, and preventable: a Texas example of research in action

Stewart R Williams; Emily A Dow; Molly B Johnson

doi:10.1186/s40621-023-00480-3

Drowning is fast, silent, and preventable: a Texas example of research in action

Inj Epidemiol. 2023 Dec 12;10(Suppl 1):64. doi: 10.1186/s40621-023-00480-3.

Authors

Stewart R Williams¹, Emily A Dow², Molly B Johnson^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Trauma Services, Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA.
² Kinesiology Department, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, USA.
³ Kinesiology Department, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, USA. molly.johnson2@ascension.org.
⁴ Trauma and Injury Research Center, Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA. molly.johnson2@ascension.org.

Abstract

Drowning is a major public health issue internationally. In August 2022, a report was released by members of the Central Texas Drowning Prevention Action Team that provided data on drowning fatalities in Texas between 2006 and 2020 and offered recommendations for drowning prevention actions. The information in the Texas drowning report is an important contribution to the field of injury prevention. The aim of this editorial is to allow the information in the report to be available to a wider audience and potentially used as a model for other states.

Keywords: Drowning; Editorial; Injury prevention; Submersion; Swimming; Texas.

Publication types

Letter