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Below are links to current and historic policy documents, position statements, case definitions, technical reports, and clinical reports related to recreational water.
Model Aquatic Health Code
Recreational Water Illness, Benefits, and Injury
- Clinical Reports
- AAP. Rice SG, Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness. Medical conditions affecting sports participation. [PDF - 6 pages] 2008;121:841-8.
- AAP. Murphy NA, Carbone PS, Council on Children With Disabilities. Promoting the participation of children with disabilities in sports, recreation, and physical activities. Pediatrics. 2008;121(5):1057-61.
- Position Statements
- ACOG. Artal R, O’Toole M, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period. [PDF - 7 pages] NIH. 2002;99:171-3.
- CSTE. Prevention and control of recreational water illnesses. [PDF - 4 pages] 2004.
- AAP. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Personal watercraft use by children and adolescents. Pediatrics. 2000;105:452-3.
- Policy Statements
- AAP. Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of drowning. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):178-85.
- AAP. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness and Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Policy statement—swimming programs for infants and toddlers. Pediatrics. 2000;105(4):868-71.
- AAP. Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of drowning in infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatrics. 2003;112(2):437-40.
- AAP. Committee on Environmental Health. Policy statement-ultraviolent light: A hazard to children. Pediatrics. 1999;104:328-33.
- Technical Reports
- AAP. Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, Weiss J. Prevention of drowning. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):e253-62.
- AAP. Brenner RA, Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of drowning in infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):440-5.
- Government Actions
Water Births
- Clinical Report
- AAP. Committee on Fetus and Newborn and ACOG: Committee on Obstetric Practice. Immersion in water during labor and delivery. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2014;123(4):912-15.
Cryptosporidiosis
- Case Definitions
- Position Statements
Giardiasis
- Case Definitions
- Position Statements
State-based Healthy Swimming Information
- Page last reviewed: May 4, 2016
- Page last updated: May 4, 2016
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