Can Swimming Teaching Prevent Drowning? An Experimental Study of Children in China

Background. The drowning death rate of Chinese students ranks among the top three in the world, and drowning has become an urgent problem for the country and society to solve. Objective. To test whether traditional swimming teaching can improve students’ knowledge and skills of water safety and redu...

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Published in:Discrete dynamics in nature and society 2022, Vol.2022 (1)
Main Authors: Zhang, Shichao, Dai, Jia, Nie, Zhenxin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior
China
Design of experiments
Drownings
Education
Elementary school students
Emergency medical care
Experiments
First aid
Injury prevention
Knowledge
Males
Methods
Mortality
Prevention
Safety
Safety and security measures
Safety training
Skills
Students
Swimming
Swimming accidents & safety
Teaching
Traffic accidents & safety
Variance analysis
Water area
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Summary:Background. The drowning death rate of Chinese students ranks among the top three in the world, and drowning has become an urgent problem for the country and society to solve. Objective. To test whether traditional swimming teaching can improve students’ knowledge and skills of water safety and reduce the probability of drowning in China. Methods. A total of 82 second-grade students in elementary school were selected as experimental subjects, and the repeated measures analysis of variance experiment design was used to carry out the research. Results. After the experiment, the swimming safety education model significantly increased the scores of swimming safety knowledge and skills and the difference was statistically significant (t = 4.060, 5.325, P
ISSN:1026-0226
1607-887X
DOI:10.1155/2022/6141342