Make the Right Call: formative evaluation for a water safety programme for adults in Western Australia.

Background: Preventing drowning in adults is a complex, multifaceted injury prevention issue. The adult drowning rate in Australia is continuing to rise. In 2023, more than half of those who drowned were aged over 45 years.

Drinking and swimming around waterways: The role of alcohol, sensation-seeking, peer influence and risk in young people.

The role of individual and sociocultural factors contributing to drowning risk for young adults is complex and poorly understood. This study examined the relationship between behaviour in and around waterways and: 1) alcohol consumption; 2) resistance to peer influence; 3) sensation-seeking; 4) perception of risk among people aged 15-24 in Western Australia. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted at three time-points with a convenience sample.

"I never had a thought about drowning". Exploring water safety attitudes and practices among older adults in Western Australia.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore factors associated with drowning among older adults aged 65 years and over in Western Australia.

Methods: This paper was concerned with illuminating older adults experience and perspectives of water safety and drowning prevention. The study used in-depth, semi-structured interviews (n = 15) to examine knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours.

Muscle fibre number varies with haemoglobin phenotype in Atlantic cod as predicted by the optimal fibre number hypothesis.

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) with the HbI-(2/2) haemoglobin phenotype have a higher blood oxygen affinity at low temperatures and a lower routine metabolic rate than individuals with the HbI-(1/1) phenotype. In the present study, muscle structure was found to be related to haemoglobin phenotype in a coastal population of Atlantic cod from the Saltenfjord region of Northern Norway.

Loss of muscle fibres in a landlocked dwarf Atlantic salmon population.

Growth of fast myotomal muscle in teleosts involves the continuous production of muscle fibres until some genetically pre-determined length. The dwarf landlocked (Bleke) population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) from Byglands-fjord, Southern Norway mature at about 25 cm fork length and reach a maximum size of only 30 cm in the wild.