TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Pool fencing--can Australia go much further?
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Franklin, Richard Charles
A1  - Peden, Amy Elizabeth
A1  - Watt, Kerrianne
A1  - Leggat Peter, P.
SP  - A135
EP  - A135
VL  - 18
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - Background Effective pool fencing legislation is a cornerstone of child drowning prevention, but can Australia improve further?    Aims/Objective/Purpose A) Estimate the prevalence of swimming pools per 100 households and children under 5 years per household swimming pool in Queensland.    B) Explore perceptions regarding effectiveness of updated pool fencing legislation in Queensland.    Methods Data from the 2011 Queensland Social Survey (QSS)--were used and additional questions asked were: 'How many children under the age of 5 years reside at your residence?'; 'Do you have a swimming pool at your residence?; 'How effective do you think that tightening the pool fencing legislation will be in reducing child drowning deaths?'    Results/Outcome There were 1265 respondents (response rate=32%). 26 per 100 households had a swimming pool. 11.4% of households with a pool also had children under 5 years. 57% of respondents believed tightening pool fencing legislation would be effective in reducing child drowning deaths (22% 'very effective' 35% 'effective'), 40% of respondents were either unsure or doubtful. Pool owners were significantly more likely to doubt the effectiveness of tightening the legislation. Perceptions of effectiveness of the legislation did not differ as a function of the presence of children under 5 years (p>0.5).    Significance/Contribution to the Field Between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2011 there were fourteen children who drowned in home swimming pools in Queensland, a rate of 1.7 per 10 000 home swimming pools per annum. Pool owners were less likely to think that tightening the legislation would be effective.     This is an abstract of a presentation at Safety 2012, the 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 1-4 October 2012, Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand. Full text does not seem to be available for this abstract. <p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590h.13
ID  - ref1
ER  -