Barriers to life jacket use among adult recreational boaters

This study uses a cross-sectional survey to examine barriers to life jacket use among recreational boaters in Washington State. The authors examine survey data of adult boaters on motor boats <26 feet long between August and November of 2008. Their findings show low or no life jacket (0% to 50%) use to be associated with longer boat length, alcohol use, feeling that life jackets are uncomfortable, confidence in swimming ability, and possible distrust in life jackets' life-saving abilities. Increased life jacket use is found to be associated with a child being onboard, completion of a boating safety course, and an inflatable life jacket being the primary life jacket used. The authors suggest that more comfortable life jackets, an awareness of their life-saving efficacy and boater education classes may lead to increased use of life jackets among adults.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040973
• Record URL:
  • http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/20/4/244.abstract
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/13538047
• Authors:
  • Quistberg, D Alex
  • Quan, Linda
  • Ebel, Beth E
  • Bennett, Elizabeth E
  • Mueller, Beth A
• Publication Date: 2014-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 244-250
• Serial:
  • Injury Prevention
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
  • ISSN: 1353-8047
  • EISSN: 1475-5785
  • Serial URL: http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Boating; Maritime safety; Protective clothing; Water transportation crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Life jackets
• Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01538577
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 25 2014 9:03AM