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. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD005014. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005014.pub3

Franklin 2002.

Methods CBA
Participants Children and young people, aged 4‐17 years, referred from the county court system, fire departments, schools and parents with fire setting incident
Interventions I = trauma burn outreach prevention program (TBOPP) ‐ a 1 day multidisciplinary program with interactive content focusing on the impact of fire setting behaviour including a peer counselling approach
 C = No TBOPP
Outcomes Outcomes measured between 8 months and 2.5 years:
Firesetting behaviour
 Recidivism rate ‐ I = 1/132 C = 37/102, OR 0.01 (0.002 to 0.1)
Notes Blinding ‐ u
 Outcomes 80% ‐ u
 Balance ‐ n
 Control arm were children who were not referred to the prevention programme
 Control arm were marginally younger and less likely to have a history of arson
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not applicable ‐ non‐randomised study