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Dec 26, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Amy E. Peden |UNSW Sydney
Many swimming schools have temporarily closed for the summer holidays. But this doesn’t mean you should take a break from helping your kids learn how to swim. What can you do during this period to keep your children’s swimming skills up to scratch? Summer dangersRemember, summer is a peak time for drowning. Australia records its highest number of drowning deaths in the warmer months and tragically, . Risk is highest at this time, as people head to the water to seek relief from the heat.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
unsw.edu.au | Amy E. Peden
Many swimming schools have temporarily closed for the summer holidays. But this doesn’t mean you should take a break from helping your kids learn how to swim.
What can you do during this period to keep your children’s swimming skills up to scratch?
Summer dangers
Remember, summer is a peak time for drowning. Australia records its highest number of drowning deaths in the warmer months and tragically, .
Risk is highest at this time, as people head to the water to seek relief from the heat.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
phys.org | Samuel Cornell |Amy E. Peden
Australia is one of several countries currently considering a social media ban for children. Nationally, there are calls to raise the age a young person can legally use social media from 13 to 16, while South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is leading calls to raise the age to 14.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Samuel Cornell |Amy E. Peden
Australia is one of several countries currently considering a social media ban for children. Nationally, there are calls to raise the age a young person can legally use social media from 13 to 16, while South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is leading calls to raise the age to 14. The idea of a ban has not been without controversy. But the idea is to effectively put legal boundaries on the age children can access social media, to keep kids safe and protect their health.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
techxplore.com | Amy E. Peden |Kyra Hamilton
Every year in Australia, people driving into floodwaters drown and many more are rescued. Do you know what to do when there's water on the road? We searched all state and territory learner and driver handbooks for information about floodwaters, including signage. Our findings, published in the Journal of Safety Research, are disturbing. Across half of Australia's states and territories, the driver handbook ignores flooding.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Amy E. Peden |Kyra Hamilton
Every year in Australia, people driving into floodwaters drown and many more are rescued. Do you know what to do when there’s water on the road? We searched all state and territory learner and driver handbooks for information about floodwaters, including signage. Our findings, published in the Journal of Safety Research, are disturbing. Across half of Australia’s states and territories, the driver handbook ignores flooding.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
theaustraliatoday.com.au | Hannah Mason |Amy E. Peden |Anthony S. Leicht |Jemma King
By Hannah Mason, Amy Peden, Anthony Leicht, Jemma King, and Richard FranklinAttending outdoor sporting events can be life-threatening. Amid soaring temperatures, event organisers need to take extra care – not just for athletes, but also for officials, spectators and volunteers. The consequences of extreme heat exposure range from dehydration to heatstroke and even death.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Hannah Mason |Amy E. Peden |Anthony S. Leicht |Jemma King |Richard Franklin
Hannah Mason receives funding from the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. Amy Peden is an honorary Senior Research Fellow with Royal Life Saving Society - Australia and is the co-founder of the UNSW Beach Safety Research Group. She receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Anthony Leicht receives funding from the Australian Department of Defence.
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May 14, 2024 | 00145-2/fulltext?rss=yes&sz=64)
jsams.org | Hannah Mason |James Cook |Amy E. Peden |Anthony S. Leicht
AbstractAs temperatures increase across the globe due to climate change, human exposure to extreme heat is a public health challenge. During sporting events, athletes, officials, spectators, and staff are at risk of heat stress and resulting illness. The objective of this review was to explore the impact of heat on the health outcomes of these groups and the wider health system and discuss implications for outdoor mass-gathering sporting events in Australia.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
thenewdaily.com.au | Samuel Cornell |Amy E. Peden
A man was airlifted to hospital earlier this month after falling 10 metres from a waterfall in Queensland’s Tamborine National Park, which was closed due to storms. And last month, a major safety operation was launched to rescue nine bushwalkers in Wollemi National Park near Sydney after one walker fell from a cliff and suffered a head injury. These are just the latest in a string of recent incidents that underscore the potential dangers of visiting Australia’s national parks.
