Lessons learned from co-designing a high school beach safety education program with lifeguards and students.

ABSTRACT:

Issue addressed

School-based beach safety education programs are common, but best practice guidance and information on their design and development is limited.

Methods

Researchers, professional ocean lifeguards and students participated in a co-design process to inform a lifeguard-delivered, school-based beach safety education program for a coastal community in New South Wales, Australia. Lifeguards and researchers (experts) provided structured feedback about the program in a survey and facilitated workshop; students (n = 26) aged 11 to 13 years participated in focus group sessions intended to garner in-depth understanding of their experiences at the beach and knowledge of, and attitudes towards, beach safety.

Results and discussion

The co-design process provided a no

SUBMITTER: Koon W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087910 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature