A systematic review of demographic and background factors associated with the development of children's aquatic competence

• Main Authors: Charlotte Duke (Author), Hannah Calverley (Author), Lauren Petrass (Author), Jacqui Peters (Author), Kate Moncrieff (Author), Loretta Konjarski (Author), Bernadette Matthews (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Globally, drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury and death among children. Teaching aquatic competencies (swimming skills and water safety knowledge) to children has been proposed as a prevention strategy. In Australia, however, many children are not meeting standard...