TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1981//
TI  - The safety standards of domestic swimming pools
JO  - New Zealand medical journal
A1  - Horwood, L. J.
A1  - Fergusson, D. M.
A1  - Shannon, F. T.
SP  - 417
EP  - 419
VL  - 94
IS  - 697
N2  - The rate of exposure to the hazards of domestic swimming pools was examined for 1143 three-year-old Christchurch children. Just over 11 percent of children lived in homes with a swimming pool. A further 20 percent did not have a pool but there was a pool on an immediately adjacent property. Examination of four safety features for swimming pools suggested there was considerable room for improvement in the safety standards of the pools surveyed: over half did not have a surrounding fence or wall at least a metre high; less than one in five had a surrounding fence with self-closing gate or padlocked gate; just under half had sides more than a metre above ground level; and one pool in five had none of the four safety features. The implications of these findings for the provision of adequate pool safety standards are discussed.    Keywords: Drowning; Drowning Prevention; Water Safety <p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-8446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -