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. 2011 Sep 2;18(2):113–123. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040043

Table 1.

Review inclusion and exclusion criteria

Included Excluded
Children and young people aged under 15 years, particularly those living in disadvantaged circumstances (eg, with families on a low income or with a lone parent) Anyone 15 years or older (unless they are the parents of targeted children)
Parents and carers of children and young people aged under 15 years, particularly those living in disadvantaged circumstances, where their children are the focus of research or where they are targeted by interventions aimed at reducing unintentional injury in their children
Interventions aimed at reducing injuries in:
  •  Designated outdoor play and leisure spaces (eg, playgrounds and skateboard parks)

  •  Other non-designated external environments (eg, canals, construction sites, fields and farmyards)

Interventions aimed at reducing injuries in:
  •  Play and leisure activities at home

  •  Play and leisure activities on roads or pavements (including any bicycle helmet mass-media campaigns already covered by studies in a linked review)

  •  Design or modification of the physical environment, including environmental or engineering solutions to improve safety

Interventions that involved the provision of information, advice and education (in the above environments) on:
  •  Safety and risk (including risk assessment)

  •  Safety clothing and protective equipment (information could be delivered via one-to-one or group-based verbal information, print media (eg, leaflets, posters), new media (eg, internet-based social networking sites), email and text messaging or mass-media campaigns)

  • Safety education that does not cover unintentional injury prevention related to play and leisure activities

  • Formal, competitive sports (where supervising adults are likely to be present)

  • Workforce training, support and capacity-building in relation to preventing unintentional injuries in children and young people under 15 years

  • Policy and legislation covering safety education, equipment and inspection standards

Any interventions that involve the provision of safety clothing and protective equipment (unless they are delivered alongside information, advice and education)
National, regional or local media campaigns that focus on implementing or enforcing safety legislation, regulation and standards