Embedded Files
MISSION
MISSION
DRIPPI brings together national organizations & community groups alike, united by a commitment to turn research into practice. From lifesaving societies to local initiatives, DRIPPI members are conducting IRB-approved research; leveraging each other's networks, advancing education & awareness, building safer communities through programmatic intervention, & shaping policies & legislative agendas.
Together, DRIPPI works to translate research into real-world impact, ensuring families and communities have access to proven, trauma-free strategies that prevent drowning and save lives.
We envision a world in which the many disciplines of drowning prevention unite the puzzle pieces together to create new, innovative public health interventions...
Boldly implementing practical solutions....
Gathering data, analyzing, iterating, modifying...
Enabling children & families have the tools to gain universal basic aquatic competency within their own communities, so all people ages 1 and above have the tools to survive & thrive in the water.
VISION:
VISION:
Bring drowning DOWN...
To enable children & families to survive & thrive in the water.
What makes us different? We believe drowning prevention is:
What makes us different? We believe drowning prevention is:
Cross-Cutting & Interdisciplinary: Combining insights from public health, developmental psychology, pediatrics, planetary health, urban design/engineering, education, & community programming & engagement, and more.
Cross-Cutting & Interdisciplinary: Combining insights from public health, developmental psychology, pediatrics, planetary health, urban design/engineering, education, & community programming & engagement, and more.
No more silos.
No more silos.
We Can Bring Drowning Down.... Together.
We Can Bring Drowning Down.... Together.
Inclusively Collaborative: Fostering trust & cooperation among diverse partners, including researchers & practitioners in LMIC and HIC alike.
Inclusively Collaborative: Fostering trust & cooperation among diverse partners, including researchers & practitioners in LMIC and HIC alike.
Worldwide --in HIC & LMIC countries alike-- toddlers often drown within ~20 meters of home.
Worldwide --in HIC & LMIC countries alike-- toddlers often drown within ~20 meters of home.
Drowning has long been focused on environmental risk mitigation... It's time we as individuals & communities engage as a major part of the equation.
Drowning has long been focused on environmental risk mitigation... It's time we as individuals & communities engage as a major part of the equation.
Bold & Innovative: Not just thinking outside the box, but throwing out the box entirely. Sticky/sensitive topics included, we find new solutions to a decades-old "wicked" public health problem.
Bold & Innovative: Not just thinking outside the box, but throwing out the box entirely. Sticky/sensitive topics included, we find new solutions to a decades-old "wicked" public health problem.
Barriers and supervision are environmental mitigation mechanisms, but in-water intervention is required for children to perceptively learn the meaning of water.
Barriers and supervision are environmental mitigation mechanisms, but in-water intervention is required for children to perceptively learn the meaning of water.
We cannot afford to wait until after children are most at risk (ages 1-4) to allow them to interact with the aquatic environments around them.
We cannot afford to wait until after children are most at risk (ages 1-4) to allow them to interact with the aquatic environments around them.
Avoidance is not the answer. In fact, it's a prominent part of the problem.
Avoidance is not the answer. In fact, it's a prominent part of the problem.
Drowning was overlooked for far too long. Families & communities suffered tragedy after tragedy in silence. No more.
Drowning was overlooked for far too long. Families & communities suffered tragedy after tragedy in silence. No more.
Page updated
Report abuse