PEDIATRICS Vol. 85 No. 1 January 1990, pp. 63-69
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Swimming Pool Owners' Opinions of Strategies for Prevention of Drowning

Garen J. Wintemute MD, MPH1 and Mona A. Wright BS1

1 From the Department of Family Practice, University of California, Davis

Training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pool owners and mandatory placement of a barrier around pools, two commonly suggested strategies for prevention of drowning, will depend, in part, on the support of pool owners to be successfully implemented. To measure this support, an equal probability sample of 795 Sacramento County households with pools was surveyed. An 80% response rate was achieved. A large majority (86%) favored voluntary cardiopulmonary resiscitation training, and a plurality (40%) favored required cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification for poo1 owners. However, 61% opposed a universal barrier requirement, and 49% objected to a barrier requirement for new pools only. Respondents with small children at home were more likely (P = .0001) to support a required barrier. The previous occurrence of a significant immersion event had surprisingly little effect. The results suggest some specific directions for programs to prevent swimming pool drownings.

Key Words: drowning • immersion • resuscitation • swimming pool

Submitted on December 20, 1988
Accepted on February 28, 1989




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