Mid North Coast Aboriginal Injury Surveillance Project.

Vol. 13 No. 4 81 venues (such as beaches or who have access to private swimming pools) to establish estimates of exposure to risk; • an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the drowning of children aged 0–6 years in NSW; • assessment of the feasibility of using community health centres as a contact point for drowning prevention information; • a feasibility trial of using a Safe Community partnership model to distribute drowning prevention information and increase the number of people in a given area who either learn or renew their skills in resuscitation techniques; • assessment of how differently-sized local government councils approach the issue of compliance with regulations regarding backyard swimming pools, including an analysis of the management issues confronting the councils; • a survey to assess the perceptions of water safety and use of aquatic areas in rural and remote locations in NSW; • a survey of local government councils regarding the type of information that is held regarding swimming pools owned by their residents;