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Prevention of childhood unintentional injuries in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.
- Incidence of unintentional injuries among children aged 3-12 in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring evidence gaps in clinical trials in thermal burns care: an umbrella review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Epidemiology, risk factors, and strategies to prevent and manage poisonings due to pharmaceuticals in children in low income and low-middle income countries: A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled 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
- Using online social networks to provide a parental health-education intervention for preventing unintentional injuries among children aged 0-3 years: A randomized controlled trial and social network analysis in Shanghai, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- Clinical characteristics and socioeconomic determinants of unintentional childhood injuries: An emergency department perspective.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026Article
- Exploring the practices, challenges, and pathways for enhancement of grassroots social organizations in preventing child unintentional injuries: a qualitative study in Guizhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A qualitative study to inform a parental education intervention for unintentional child injury prevention in rural Nepal.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A qualitative study on the vulnerability factors of unintentional injuries among children aged 3-12 in Guizhou Province, China, based on the social-ecological model.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Risk factors for childhood falls in Ghana: A multi-center cross-sectional study.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Clinical balance assessment tools for children with hearing loss: a scoping review.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Incidence and patterns of pediatric fractures at selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024: a multi-center cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Analysis of characteristics of unintentional injuries among hospitalized children and preventive strategies-based on adverse event data of a regional medical center in western China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A qualitative study on the current status and needs of unintentional injury prevention and control interventions for children aged 3-12 in Guizhou Province, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of unintentional childhood poisoning, 1990-2021: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- A nationwide longitudinal survey of infantile injury and its recurrence in Japan.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Characteristics of paediatric injuries as predictors of 24-hour disposition from the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Southwestern Uganda.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- Epidemiology and Management of Pediatric Fractures in Malawi.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2024Article
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Abstract
Injuries are a leading cause of death and disability among children. Numerous injury prevention strategies have been successful in high-income countries, but the majority of unintentional injuries happen to children living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This project aims to delineate the childhood injury prevention initiatives in LMICs. For inclusion, peer-reviewed articles needed to address unintentional injury, include children <18, assess a prevention-related intervention, contain a control group, and be published after 1988. Two pairs of reviewers evaluated articles independently to determine study eligibility. 74 articles were included. 30 studies addressed road traffic injuries, 11 drowning, 8 burns, 3 falls, 8 poisonings, and 21 an unspecified injury type. The findings show positive effects on injury outcome measures following educational interventions, the need for longer follow-up periods after the intervention, the need for effectiveness trials for behavior change, and the need for an increase in injury prevention services in LMICs. This is the first systematic review to summarize the prevention initiatives for all types of childhood unintentional injuries in LMICs. Increased attention and funding are required to go beyond educational initiatives with self-reported measures and little follow-up time to robust interventions that will reduce the global burden of unintentional injuries among children.
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