ReviewJournal of community health2006
Evaluated community fire safety interventions in the United States: a review of current literature.
Review in Journal of community health, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Increasing smoke alarm operability through theory-based health education: a randomised trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2014Trial
- CHASE (Children's Housing Assessment for a Safe Environment): a protocol for the inspection and modification of injury risks in children's homes.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- It Is Not the Batteries! Smoke Alarm Presence and Functionality 5 to 7 Years Postinstallation of Sealed Lithium Battery Alarms.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2022Article
- Evaluation of a Falls and Fire Safety Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- 2019 Writing Contest Post-graduate Winner: Fire Safety Behaviors Among Residential High-Rise Building Occupants in Hawai'i: A Qualitative Study.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2020Article
- Decreasing residential fire death rates and the association with the prevalence of adult cigarette smoking - United States, 1999-2015.Journal of safety research · 2018Article
- Pilot Study of a Novel Partnership for Installing Smoke Alarms.Maternal and child health journal · 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
- Changes in smoke alarm coverage following two fire department home visiting programs: what predicts success?Injury epidemiology · 2014Article
- Using GIS to evaluate a fire safety program in North Carolina.Journal of community health · 2013Article
- The implementation and utility of fire incident reporting systems: the Delaware experience.Journal of community health · 2008Article
- Newspaper coverage of residential fires: an opportunity for prevention communication.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2007Article
- Community/Public Health Nurses' Awareness of Residential High-Rise Fire Safety issues.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to assess the state of fire prevention research, provide an updated synthesis of evaluated fire prevention programs, and discuss the role of fire fighters and data systems in prevention efforts. The review included all evaluations of U.S. based fire prevention interventions published between January 1998 and September 2004 and any earlier articles about U.S. fire prevention interventions not included in two prior review articles. We retrieved information from each identified study including evaluation findings, involvement of fire service personnel and use of existing data systems. We identified twelve articles: seven reported on smoke alarm interventions, three on multi-faceted programs, and two other programs. Five programs involved fire service personnel in the design, implementation, and/or evaluation, and three used existing data systems. Studies reviewed suggest that canvassing and smoke alarm installations are the most effective means of distributing alarms and increasing the functional status of distributed alarms. The functionality of smoke alarms, an issue noted in earlier reviews, remains a problem. Programs involving partnerships with fire departments have indicated success in preventing fires and deaths, improving smoke alarm ownership and functional status, and improving children's fire safety knowledge. Using existing data systems to target and to evaluate interventions was effective. In the years since prior reviews, some improvements in the rigor of evaluation designs have been made, but there is still a need for high quality evaluations that will inform fire injury prevention efforts.
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