DISCUSSION
death, drowning
EVENTS, DISEASE
In China, drowning mortality in 2017 was higher than the global average despite the substantial decline in the disease burden of drowning from 1990 to 2015 [Analysis suggested that integrated intervention could reduce the incidence of non-fatal drowning among younger students. Alternatively, the results implied significant positive changes in knowledge and behaviour according to the total number of students in the intervention group. The risk factors reported by other studies [According to a review, the current study obtained results similar to those of other drowning prevention studies in HICs, which were found to be effective only on intermediary outcomes (increased levels of drowning skills and knowledge). However, the study was unable to find any impact of the reduction of the number of drowning events among the target population [The risk factors for child drowning in rural areas included open water, low levels of knowledge and skills and unsupervised of children access to water. Hence, the important topics of drowning prevention studies are improving the home environment and natural bodies of water and the development of knowledge and skills against drowning among the target population [Among childhood injury events, drowning ranked first as the cause of death in Guangdong Province, China [This study has its limitations. First, data were based on self-reports, which may induce recall bias. Second, the results were impacted when the control group was exposed to the community education for child safety.