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SynthesisJournal of pediatric psychology2014

Systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral interventions to improve child pedestrian safety.

David C Schwebel, Benjamin K Barton, Jiabin Shen, Hayley L Wells, Ashley Bogar, Gretchen Heath, David McCullough

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Synthesis in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Roles of individual differences and traffic environment factors on children's street-crossing behaviour in a VR environment.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2020
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  20. Diverse school community engagement with the North Carolina active routes to school project: a diffusion study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David C SchwebelDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho schwebel@uab.edu.
Benjamin K BartonDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho.
Jiabin ShenDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho.
Hayley L WellsDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho.
Ashley BogarDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho.
Gretchen HeathDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho.
David McCulloughDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of Idaho · US

Funding

Using Virtual Reality to Train Children in Pedestrian SafetyR01HD058573 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI SCHWEBEL, DAVID C · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01HD058573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePedestrian injuries represent a pediatric public health challenge. This systematic review/meta-analysis evaluated behavioral interventions to teach children pedestrian safety.

methodsMultiple strategies derived eligible manuscripts (published before April 1, 2013, randomized design, evaluated behavioral child pedestrian safety interventions). Screening 1,951 abstracts yielded 125 full-text retrievals. 25 were retained for data extraction, and 6 were later omitted due to insufficient data. In all, 19 articles reporting 25 studies were included. Risk of bias and quality of evidence were assessed.

resultsBehavioral interventions generally improve children's pedestrian safety, both immediately after training and at follow-up several months later. Quality of the evidence was low to moderate. Available evidence suggested interventions targeting dash-out prevention, crossing at parked cars, and selecting safe routes across intersections were effective. Individualized/small-group training for children was the most effective training strategy based on available evidence.

conclusionsBehaviorally based interventions improve children's pedestrian safety. Efforts should continue to develop creative, cost-efficient, and effective interventions.

Indexed as

PedestriansSafetyAccidents, TrafficBehavior TherapyChildHumansaccidents and injuriesevidence-based practicemeta-analysisprevention/controlpublic healthsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID24864275
PMCPMC4138804
OpenAlexW2166868449

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