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ArticleBMJ global health2024

A framework for identifying opportunities for multisectoral action for drowning prevention in health and sustainable development agendas: a multimethod approach.

Justin-Paul Scarr, David R Meddings, Caroline Lukaszyk, Joanne Adrienne Vincenten, Aminur Rahman, Steve Wills, Jagnoor Jagnoor

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Article in BMJ global health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Leave no one behind: An African perspective on the first World Health Organization Global Status Report on Drowning Prevention.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026
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  4. Shaping global strategy, mobilising for local action: reflections from the World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2023.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025
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Justin-Paul ScarrThe George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia jscarr@georgeinstitute.org.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6547-0703
David R MeddingsDepartment of the Social Determinants of Health, Division of UHC/Healthier Populations, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Caroline LukaszykDepartment of the Social Determinants of Health, Division of UHC/Healthier Populations, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Joanne Adrienne VincentenHealth, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9564-3129
Aminur RahmanCentre for Injury Prevention and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8084-9239
Steve WillsRoyal National Lifeboat Institution, Poole, UK.
Jagnoor JagnoorThe George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-9095

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe 2023 World Health Assembly resolution 76.18 committed the World Health Organization to the coordination of drowning prevention efforts, including those of United Nations (UN) agencies. Here, we aim to map drowning prevention linkages across UN Agency agendas, make recommendations to guide global strategies and inform the development of the Global Alliance and a Global Strategy for drowning prevention.

methodsWe applied a qualitative multimethod approach, including document review, key informant interviews, an interagency workshop and international conference panel discussion, to refine data and create our recommendations. We developed a framework to identify intersections between health and sustainable development agendas and applied it to map intersections and opportunities for the integration of drowning prevention across relevant UN Agency agendas.

resultsOur framework categorised intersections for drowning prevention in UN Agendas according to potential for (a) shared understandings of problems and solutions, (b) shared capacities, guidelines and resources and (c) shared governance and strategic pathways, noting that some factors overlap. We present our Position, Add, Reach and Reframe approach to outlining opportunities for the integration of drowning prevention in health and sustainable development agendas. Our results emphasise the importance of establishing approaches to the Global Alliance and Global Strategy that ensure high-level political advocacy is converted into solutions for affected communities. We recommend using research to inform effective action, building capacity and best practices, and promoting evaluation frameworks to incentivise and verify progress.

conclusionOur study identifies opportunities to expand drowning prevention efforts and to build Member State capacity to reduce drowning risk through evidence-informed measures that address vulnerabilities, exposures, hazards and build population-level resilience to drowning. Our framework for identifying opportunities for integration of drowning prevention across a multisectoral set of agendas offers a research and policy toolkit that may prove useful for other policy areas.

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DrowningSustainable DevelopmentGlobal HealthHealth PolicyHumansUnited NationsHealth policyInjury

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PMID39179270
PMCPMC11404292

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