Policy & Recommendations
Below are links to current and historic policy documents, position statements, case definitions, technical reports, and clinical reports related to recreational water from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Recreational Water Illness, Benefits, and Injury
- Clinical Reports
- AAP: Rice SG, and the Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness. Medical Conditions Affecting Sports Participation [PDF - 6 pages]. 2008;121:841-8.
- AAP: Murphy NA, Carbone PS, and the Council on Children With Disabilities. Promoting the Participation of Children With Disabilities in Sports, Recreation, and Physical Activities
[PDF - 7 pages]. Pediatrics. 2008;121(5):1057-61.
- Position Statements
- ACOG: Artal R, O’Toole M, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period [PDF - 7 pages]. NIH. 2002;99:171-3.
- CSTE. Prevention and Control of Recreational Water Illnesses [PDF - 4 pages]. 2004.
- AAP: Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Personal Watercraft Use by Children and Adolescents [PDF - 4 pages]. Pediatrics. 2000;105:452-3.
- Policy Statements
- AAP: Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of Drowning [PDF - 10 pages]. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):178-85.
- AAP: Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness and Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Policy Statement—Swimming Programs for Infants and Toddlers [PDF - 5 pages]. Pediatrics. 2000;105(4):868-71.
- AAP: Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of Drowning in Infants, Children, and Adolescents [PDF - 5 pages]. Pediatrics. 2003;112(2):437-40.
- AAP: Committee on Environmental Health. Policy Statement-Ultraviolent Light: A Hazard to Children [PDF - 12 pages]. Pediatrics. 1999;104:328-33.
- AAP: Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of Drowning
- Technical Reports
- AAP: Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention and Jeffrey Weiss. Prevention of Drowning [PDF - 12 pages]. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):e253-62.
- AAP: Brenner RA, and the Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of Drowning in Infants, Children, and Adolescents [PDF - 8 pages]. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):440-5.
- AAP: Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention and Jeffrey Weiss. Prevention of Drowning
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