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Trial reportJournal of tropical pediatrics2023

Effect of integrated intervention to prevent child drowning in rural areas of Guangdong, China: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Ruilin Meng, Haofeng Xu, Mingqu Zhang, Pengpeng Ye, Zhishan Zhou, Xuhao Zhu, Xingru Li, Lifeng Lin

Open access · hybridAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of tropical pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruilin MengGuangdong Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu district, Guangzhou 511430, China.
Haofeng XuGuangdong Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu district, Guangzhou 511430, China.
Mingqu ZhangQingyuan City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, 6 Kangle Road, Qingcheng district, Qingyuan 511518, China.
Pengpeng YeChinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, National Chronic Disease Center, 155 Changbai Road, Changping district, Beijing 102206, China.
Zhishan ZhouQingxin District Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, '15 Fuqian Road, Taihe Town,'' Qingyuan 511899,' China.
Xuhao ZhuQingyuan City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, 6 Kangle Road, Qingcheng district, Qingyuan 511518, China.
Xingru LiQingxin District Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, '15 Fuqian Road, Taihe Town,'' Qingyuan 511899,' China.
Lifeng LinGuangdong Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu district, Guangzhou 511430, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3842-4231
Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDrowning is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 15 years in Guangdong Province, China. This serious public health issue also exists in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which have few value-integrated intervention programs. The current study presents an integrated intervention project that aims to explore an effective pattern of prevention for child drowning in rural areas and feasibility to perform in other LMICs.

methodsWe conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial by comparing the incidence of non-fatal drowning among children in two groups in rural areas of southern China. We recruited the participants in two phases and reached a total of 10 687 students from 23 schools at two towns in Guangdong Province, China. At the first and second phases, 8966 and 1721 students were recruited, respectively.

resultsThe final evaluation questionnaires were collected after 18 months of integrated intervention, where we obtained 9791 data from Grades 3-9. The incidence of non-fatal drowning between the intervention and control groups after intervention did not differ significantly from the baseline according to the total number of students, male students, female students and Grades 6-9 [0.81; 95% confidence interval (CI): [0.66, 1.00]; p = 0.05, 1.17; 95% CI: [0.90, 1.51]; p = 0.25, 1.40; 95% CI: [0.97, 2.02]; p = 0.07 and 0.97; 95% CI: [0.70, 1.34]; p = 0.86], except for Grades 3-5 (1.36; 95% CI: [1.02, 1.82]; p = 0.037). The study observed a significantly positive benefit of awareness and risk behaviours of non-fatal drowning between the intervention and control groups (0.27, 95% CI: [0.21, 0.33]; p = 0.00, -0.16; 95% CI: [-0.24, -0.08]; p = 0.00).

conclusionsThe integrated intervention exerted a significant impact on the prevention and management of child non-fatal drowning, especially in rural areas.

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Near DrowningPublic Health PracticeAdolescentChildChinaDrowningFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMalePublic HealthRural PopulationStudentsSurveys and QuestionnaireschildrenChinaintegrated interventionnon-fatal drowningrural areas

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