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November 20, 2025Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Public Health Promotion Through Language Learning: Improving Migrants' Australian Beach Safety Knowledge Through a Reading Exercise for English Language Proficiency Tests

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MSMasaki ShibataJLJasmin C. LawesRSRebecca Stolper

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Overview

Quasi-experimental design increased rip currents awareness in migrants, suggesting enhanced water safety education.

Key Points

  • The aim was to enhance beach safety knowledge among culturally and linguistically diverse communities through a tailored reading exercise.
  • Developed reading exercise for English proficiency tests incorporating beach safety information.
  • Utilised a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up test.
  • Analyzed data using SPSS for statistical results and NVivo for thematic analysis.
  • Participants showed significant improvement in rip currents knowledge (p < 0.01) after the reading exercise.
  • Knowledge of beach flags and safety signage warnings also increased among participants.
  • Some decline in knowledge was noted after 4 weeks, but improvements remained statistically significant.

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Shibata et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924f091c0ce034ddc350820https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70132
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