Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2005
Providing child safety equipment to prevent injuries: randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting smoke alarm ownership and function.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2001Pooled it
- A randomised safety promotion intervention trial among low-income families with toddlers.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2018Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of home injury hazard reduction: the HOME injury study.Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2011Trial
- Reaching an underserved population with a randomly assigned home safety intervention.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2005Trial
- 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
- Keeping our children safe: piloting a hospital-based home-visitation program in Israel.Israel journal of health policy research · 2022Article
- Knowledge and attitude of children safety at home among population in Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Impact of the national home safety equipment scheme 'Safe At Home' on hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children under 5: a controlled interrupted time series analysis.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2022Article
- Unintentional Injury, Supervision, and Discourses on Childproofing Devices.Medical anthropology · 2019Article
- Cultural adaptation for country diversity: A systematic review of injury prevention interventions caused by domestic accidents in children under five years old.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2019Review
- Outcomes after injury prevention counselling in a paediatric office setting: a 25-year review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2018Article
- Risk and protective factors for falls on stairs in young children: multicentre case-control study.Archives of disease in childhood · 2016Article
- Evaluation of the Safety Detective Program: A Classroom-Based Intervention to Increase Kindergarten Children's Understanding of Home Safety Hazards and Injury-Risk Behaviors to Avoid.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Keeping children safe at home: protocol for three matched case-control studies of modifiable risk factors for falls.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2012Article
- Assessing psychosocial correlates of parental safety behaviour using Protection Motivation Theory: stair gate presence and use among parents of toddlers.Health education research · 2008Article
- Listen to the data when results are not significant.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2008Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effectiveness of safety advice and safety equipment in reducing unintentional injuries for families with children aged under 5 years and living in deprived areas.
designRandomised controlled trial.
setting47 general practices in Nottingham.
participants3428 families with children under 5.
interventionA standardised safety consultation and provision of free and fitted stair gates, fire guards, smoke alarms, cupboard locks, and window locks.
main outcome measuresPrimary outcome measures were whether a child in the family had at least one injury that required medical attendance and rates of attendance in primary and secondary care and of hospital admission for injury over a two year period. Secondary outcome measures included possession of safety equipment and safety practices.
resultsNo significant difference was found in the proportion of families in which a child had a medically attended injury (odds ratio 1.14, 95% confidence interval 0.98 to 1.50) or in the rates of attendance in secondary care (incidence rate ratio 1.02, 0.90 to 1.13) or admission to hospital (1.02, 0.70 to 1.48). However, children in the intervention arm had a significantly higher attendance rate for injuries in primary care (1.37, 1.11 to 1.70, P = 0.003). At both one and two years' follow up, families in the intervention arm were significantly more likely to have a range of safety practices, but absolute differences in the percentages were relatively small.
conclusionsThe intervention resulted in significant improvements in safety practices for up to two years but did not reduce injuries that necessitated medical attendance. Although equipment was provided and fitted free of charge, the observed changes in safety practices may not have been large enough to affect injury rates.
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