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. 2020 Dec 29;15(12):e0243464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243464

Table 6. Summary of intervention outcomes for injury types: Non-specific/all injuries.

Intervention Type (Component of the 5 E Framework) Intervention Description Summary of Outcomes
Injury-Related Outcomes Other Outcomes
Non-specific/ All injuries
Skills-based education (Education) Emergency response training Incidence rate and severity of injury decreased [97]
First aid training Reduction in injury rate among boys [101] Increase in caregiver knowledge [101]
Environmental change (Engineering) Upgrade school environment Reduction in incidence of injury [87]
Community Awareness (Encouragement) Change in community regulations Decrease in incidence of injuries [97].
Supervision (Encouragement) Evaluation of supervision Unintentional injury mortality 3x higher when unsupervised—mainly for drowning [86]
Education (Education) Posters, letters, lectures, videos Increased knowledge [103]
Training of health workers Increase in knowledge [84]
Lectures, posters, guidebooks Decrease in injury incidence [87]
Counselling Increase in parental knowledge and safety behaviors [88]
Lectures Decrease of injury rate; [99] decrease in injury incidence rates [96] Increase in knowledge, decrease in risks in household; [83] increase in knowledge; [89] increase in knowledge; [99] increase in knowledge [94]
Communication from doctor Decrease in accidents [91] Decrease in risk factors for injury [91]
Education, conversation circles, dialogical relationship framework Increased knowledge of risk factors [81]
Brochures Increase in knowledge [104]
App-based parenting education No change in unintentional injury incidence among preschoolers [90] Significantly improved caregivers’ safety behaviors [90]
Guidebooks, peer education Decrease in incidence rate and severity of injury; [97] decrease in injury rate (including RTI-specific) [98] Increase in knowledge [98]
Games and posters Decrease in the rate of injury (including RTI specific) [98] Increase in injury prevention knowledge [93, 98]
Education of parents, teachers, and children Decrease in injury rate among boys [101] Increase in knowledge among parents; [101] increase in mothers’ awareness of prevention methods for pediatric injuries [85]

The outcomes reported may be a summary of more than one intervention type