Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2002
Incidence of fires and related injuries after giving out free smoke alarms: cluster randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for Preventing Residential Fires in Vulnerable Neighbourhoods and Indigenous Communities: A Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Health outcomes related to the provision of free, tangible goods: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Community-based interventions for the prevention of burns and scalds in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2004Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting smoke alarm ownership and function.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2001Pooled it
- Prevalence of working smoke alarms in local authority inner city housing: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Trial
- Enhancing fire department home visiting programs: results of a community intervention trial.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn AssociationTrial
- Voices from the Ground: Community Perspectives on Preventing Unintentional Child Injuries in Low-Income Settings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion to improve child home safety practices: a controlled before-and-after study.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2023Article
- Managing Neuroma and Phantom Limb Pain in Ontario: The Status of Targeted Muscle Reinnervation.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic variation in injury hospitalisations in Australian children ≤ 16 years: a 10-year population-based cohort study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Preventing deaths and injuries from house fires: a cost-benefit analysis of a community-based smoke alarm installation programme.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2018Article
- Epidemiology of burn at a military hospital in Bahrain: initial experience of patient outcomes and quality indicators.International journal of burns and trauma · 2018Article
- Safety practices in relation to home ownership among urban Mexican immigrant families.Journal of community health · 2012Article
- Evaluation of fire-safety programs that use 10-year smoke alarms.Journal of community health · 2010Article
- 20 Years of Research on Socioeconomic Inequality and Children's-Unintentional Injuries Understanding the Cause-Specific Evidence at Hand.International journal of pediatrics · 2010Article
- Validation of a HOME Injury Survey.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2009Article
- Evidence into practice: combining the art and science of injury prevention.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2006Article
- Injury prevention: a glossary of terms.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2005Article
- Strategies to increase smoke alarm use in high-risk households.Journal of community health · 2004Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo measure the effect of giving out free smoke alarms on rates of fires and rates of fire related injury in a deprived multiethnic urban population.
designCluster randomised controlled trial.
settingForty electoral wards in two boroughs of inner London, United Kingdom.
participantsPrimarily households including elderly people or children and households that are in housing rented from the borough council.
intervention20 050 smoke alarms, fittings, and educational brochures distributed free and installed on request.
main outcome measuresRates of fires and related injuries during two years after the distribution; alarm ownership, installation, and function.
resultsGiving out free smoke alarms did not reduce injuries related to fire (rate ratio 1.3; 95% confidence interval 0.9 to 1.9), admissions to hospital and deaths (1.3; 0.7 to 2.3), or fires attended by the fire brigade (1.1; 0.96 to 1.3). Similar proportions of intervention and control households had installed alarms (36/119 (30%) v 35/109 (32%); odds ratio 0.9; 95% confidence interval 0.5 to 1.7) and working alarms (19/118 (16%) v 18/108 (17%); 0.9; 0.4 to 1.8).
conclusionsGiving out free smoke alarms in a deprived, multiethnic, urban community did not reduce injuries related to fire, mostly because few alarms had been installed or were maintained.
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