Line One: Epidemiology of Drowning in Alaska

Mon, July 21, 2008
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Dr. Woodard and his guests discuss epidemiology and how its being used to better understand and prevent drowning in Alaska. In an effort to decrease the substantial number of drowning deaths, Executive Director of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA), Jerry Dzugan and local epidemiologist, Dr. Jennifer Lincoln share recent drowning-epidemiologic data. Learn about how they are using the data to recognize a problem, make suggestions on how to improve the problem, and data showing improvement in outcomes.

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HOST: Dr. Thad Woodard

GUESTS:

Jerry Dzugan, executive director, Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA)
Dr. Jennifer Lincoln, deputy director, Alaska Field Station, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

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2 Responses to “Line One: Epidemiology of Drowning in Alaska”

Annie on July 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm

Whether I want to or not, I always wear a PFD on the water. I was taught a healthy respect for cold water at a young age, perhaps due to the fact that my uncle drowned 35 years ago on the Kenai River and is still missed every single day. Out of respect for him, I wouldn’t dream of ever boating without one, or taking any other unnecessary risk on the water. Thanks to your guests for their efforts to address this problem in ALaska.
Jim Herbert on July 22, 2008 at 10:09 am

Dr. Woodard: Many thanks for hosting the drowning program yesterday. I think the facts delivered by your guests were useful to Alaskans to better understand the problems and potential solutions to this public health problem. There is an old adage: Where there are trains, there are train wrecks. A similar corollary could be stated for water and drowning. But there has been success over the past years and more can be done. You have bee a help in getting the word out.
Thanks again. Jim

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