Preface

Editors

 
Christine M. Branche, Ph.D.

Steven Stewart, M.S.

Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Department of Health and Human Services

Lifeguard Effectiveness: A Report of the Working Group is a publication of the National Center for Injury Prevention and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Sue Binder, M.D., Director

Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
Christine M. Branche, Ph.D., Director

Production services were provided by staff of the Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC.

Suggested Citation: Branche CM, Stewart S. (Editors). Lifeguard Effectiveness: A Report of the Working Group. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2001.

Christine M. Branche, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

B. Chris Brewster
San Diego Lifeguard Service
San Diego, California

Mike Espino
American Red Cross
Health & Safety Services, National Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia

John Fletemeyer, Ph.D.
Palm Beach Police Department
Law Enforcement Division
Palm Beach, Florida

Ralph Goto
Water Safety Administrator
Department of Parks and Recreation
Honolulu, Hawaii

Rick Gould
Safety Officer
City of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

Brad Keshlear
Natural Resources Management Branch
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Atlanta, Georgia

Fred A. Mael, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
The American Institutes for Research
Washington, District of Columbia

 
For contributing to organizing the meeting, Cecil Threat and La Tanya Butler. For assistance in editing the drafts of this report, David A. Sleet, Ph.D., and B. Chris Brewster. For compiling and organizing the Resource Guide, Mike Espino and Yvonne Norman. And to each member of the working group for their patience in answering what may have seemed to be endless questions for clarification.