@article{ref1,
title="Prevention of childhood unintentional injuries in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2020",
author="Tupetz, Anna and Friedman, Kaitlyn and Zhao, Duan and Liao, Huipeng and Isenburg, Megan Von and Keating, Elizabeth M. and Vissoci, Joao Ricardo Nickenig and Staton, Catherine A.",
volume="15",
number="12",
pages="e0243464-e0243464",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0243464",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243464"
}