Table 3. Summary of intervention outcomes for injury types: Drowning.
Intervention Type (Component of the 5 E Framework) | Intervention Description | Summary of Outcomes | |
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Injury-Related Outcomes | Other Outcomes | ||
Drowning | |||
Skills-based education (Education) | Swimming lessons | Reduction in relative risk of drowning death [61] | |
Lifeline throwing skills | Increase in skill level [64] | ||
Environmental Change (Engineering) | Elimination of water reservoirs | Reduced incidence of fatal drowning [58] | |
Addition of barriers to unsafe water areas | Decreased incidence rate of non-fatal drowning [67] | ||
Community Awareness (Encouragement) | Messages on local TV and radio stations | Decreased risk of drowning [58] | |
Radio messages and newsletters | No significant decrease in non-fatal drowning [59] | Increase in knowledge [59] | |
Media collaboration with health department | Decrease in incidence of non-fatal drowning [67] | ||
Supervision (Encouragement) | Observed supervision | Higher percentage of children supervised [57] | |
Increased life guard and rescue stations | Decrease in risk and probability of drowning [58] | ||
Provision of Safety Devices (Engineering) | Provision of door barrier and playpen | Tools accepted by parents in community [57] | |
Education (Education) | Training of community health workers | Decrease in risk of drowning [58] | |
Education materials | No change in non-fatal drowning incidence [59] | Increase in knowledge; [59] increase in knowledge; [60] increase in perception of drowning risk [66] | |
Workshops | Increase in water safety knowledge; [63] increase in water safety knowledge [64] | ||
Video testimonials | Improved knowledge and simulated water behaviors [62] | ||
Lectures | Reduction in mortality rates; [65] decrease in incidence of non-fatal drowning [67] | Change in parental knowledge [65] |
The outcomes reported may be a summary of more than one intervention type.