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Effectiveness of School-Based Interventions in Reducing Unintentional Childhood Injuries: A Cluster Randomized Trial
- Source :
- Indian Pediatrics
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of school-based interventions in promoting child safety and reducing unintentional childhood injuries. METHODS This cluster randomized trial with 1:1 allocation of clusters to intervention and control arm was conducted in the public and private schools of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, over a period of 10 months. Study participants included children from standard 5-7 in schools selected for the study. 10 schools that could accommodate 1100 students each, were randomly allocated to the interventional and control arm. A comprehensive child safety and injury prevention module was developed based on the opinions of school teachers through focus group discussions. This module was periodically taught to the students of intervention arm by the teachers. The children in control arm did not receive any intervention. Outcome was assessed by determining the incidence of unintentional injuries and type of injuries from the questionnaire used at the baseline, and at the end of three, six, and ten months. RESULTS Unintentional injuries declined progressively from baseline until the end of the study in both the interventional arm (from 52.9% to 2.5%) and control arm (from 44.7% to 32%) [AOR (95% CI) 0.458 (0.405-0.518); P value
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
education
Psychological intervention
India
Education
Pregnancy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Intervention (counseling)
Injury prevention
Pediatric surgery
Fall
medicine
Humans
Cluster randomised controlled trial
Child
Students
School based intervention
Schools
business.industry
Prevention
Incidence (epidemiology)
School health
Focus group
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Physical therapy
Female
business
Research Paper
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09747559 and 00196061
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indian Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cd6d94be0e869c0836e4389a8dacab7b