Life Jacket Use

Life Jacket Use is a preventive safety behavior involving the wearing of buoyant personal flotation devices during aquatic activities to reduce the risk of drowning.

Publications

621

Citations

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Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Drowning Prevention

Children

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Publications

Interacting Factors Associated with Adult Male Drowning in New Zealand

James L. Croft, Chris Button · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 48 citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Sciences, Injury Prevention +17

Effect of behavioral variables on cooling rate of man in cold water

J. S. Hayward, J. D. Eckerson, M. L. Collis · Journal of Applied Physiology · 1975 · 47 citations

Life Sciences, Physiology, Psychology +17

Drowning among the lakeside fishing communities in Uganda: results of a community survey

Olive Kobusingye, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Joseph Magoola et al. · International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion · 2016 · 44 citations

Public Health, Community Health, Fisheries +14

Informing policy on open water drowning prevention: an observational survey of life jacket use in Washington state

Celeste Chung, Linda Quan, Elizabeth Bennett et al. · Injury Prevention · 2014 · 37 citations

Public Health, Child Health, Injury Prevention +17

ICP: D.c. arc in a new jacket?

P.W.J.M. Boumans · Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy · 1980 · 36 citations

Arts, Design, Model Making +1

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Authors

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Elizabeth Bennett
Seattle Children's Hospital, United States
5 publications · 125 citations
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Linda Quan
University of Washington, United States
5 publications · 125 citations
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Thomas W. Mangione
Boston University, United States
3 publications · 74 citations
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Wendy Chow
University of Toronto, Canada
3 publications · 74 citations
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Beth E. Ebel
University of Washington, United States
3 publications · 97 citations
3
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Institutions

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Venues

Injury Prevention
4 publications · 98 citations
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Journal of Public Health Policy
2 publications · 58 citations
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International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
1 publications · 44 citations
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Accident Analysis & Prevention
1 publications · 33 citations
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1 publications · 18 citations
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