Trial reportJournal of pediatric psychology2016
Evaluation of a Drowning Prevention Program Based on Testimonial Videos: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Basic swimming or water safety skills training for drowning prevention in children: an updated systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Prevention of childhood unintentional injuries in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Effect of integrated intervention to prevent child drowning in rural areas of Guangdong, China: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Evaluating Otto the Auto: Does Engagement in an Interactive Website Improve Young Children's Transportation Safety?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Trial
- Construction of an Interpretive Structural Model-Analytic Network Process model for preschool children's drowning risk factors based on the Haddon matrix.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Evidence of Interventions for the Prevention of Unintentional Injuries: Scoping Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Review
- Comparison of syndromic surveillance and hospital discharge data for unintentional drowning in metropolitan Houston, Texas, USA.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025Article
- Barriers to Adoption of a Child-Abuse Clinical Decision Support System in Emergency Departments.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
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- Drowning prevention: turning the tide on a leading killer.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Review
- Effectiveness of "Be SAFE Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Booklet" Intervention for Parents and Guardians.Iranian journal of public health · 2020Article
- Cognitive and Behavioral Risk Factors for Unintentional Drowning Among Rural Chinese Children.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveUnintentional drowning is the most common cause of childhood death in rural China. Global intervention efforts offer mixed results regarding the efficacy of educational programs.
methodsUsing a randomized controlled design, we evaluated a testimonial-based intervention to reduce drowning risk among 280 3rd- and 4th-grade rural Chinese children. Children were randomly assigned to view either testimonials on drowning risk (intervention) or dog-bite risk (control). Safety knowledge and perceived vulnerability were measured by self-report questionnaires, and simulated behaviors in and near water were assessed with a culturally appropriate dollhouse task.
resultsChildren in the intervention group had improved children's safety knowledge and simulated behaviors but not perceived vulnerability compared with controls.
conclusionsThe testimonial-based intervention's efficacy appears promising, as it improved safety knowledge and simulated risk behaviors with water among rural Chinese children.
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