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Can you really swim? Validation of self and parental reports of swim skill with an inwater swim test among children attending community pools in Washington State

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  • Melissa C Mercado Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Linda Quan Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elizabeth Bennett Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Julie Gilchrist Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Benjamin A Levy Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Candice L Robinson Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA Arizona Department of Health Services|Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Phoenix, Arizona, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kristen Wendorf Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA Public Health Seattle-King County, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maria Aurora Gangan Fife Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mark R Stevens Division of Analysis, Research and Practice Integration, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robin Lee Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Melissa C Mercado, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS F-62, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA; cju8{at}cdc.gov
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Mercado MC, Quan L, Bennett E, et al
Can you really swim? Validation of self and parental reports of swim skill with an inwater swim test among children attending community pools in Washington State
Injury Prevention 2016;22:253-260.

Publication history

  • Received May 6, 2015
  • Revised September 30, 2015
  • Accepted December 3, 2015
  • First published January 12, 2016.
Online issue publication 
July 21, 2016

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