Prevention Commentaries
These commentaries were written to inform public health and healthcare professionals and aquatics staff about the need for action on building and supporting recreational water illness (RWI) prevention plans.
- The Three Es of Healthy Swimming [PDF - 179 kb]
(reprinted with permission from the Journal of Environmental Health) - Keep on Swimming! [PDF - 719 kb]
(reprinted with permission from the National Environmental Health Association) - Recreational Water Illness Prevention, 2009: Charting a Course through Stormy Waters [PDF - 675 kb]
(reprinted with permission from the National Environmental Health Association) - Recreational Water Illness Prevention, 2008 [PDF - 171 kb]
(reprinted with permission from the National Environmental Health Association) - Public Watchdogs [PDF - 103 kb]
(reprinted with permission from Aquatics International) - Recreational Water Illness Prevention and Swimming Pool Operation: Moving Beyond the Basics [PDF - 773 kb]
(reprinted with permission from the National Environmental Health Association) - Recreational Water-Illness-Prevention = Healthy Swimming [PDF - 180 kb]
(reprinted with permission from the National Environmental Health Association) - Safe Swimming: Talk to Parents about Preventing Recreational Water Illnesses [PDF - 152 kb]
(reprinted with permission from the American Academy of Pediatrics) - Prevention of Recreational Water Illnesses (in Children) [PDF - 534 kb]
(reprinted with permission from SLACK Incorporated)
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