| Methods |
CBA (C)
Allocated at level of housing developments with 10 or more homes |
| Participants |
Population of children aged < 7 years, in housing developments |
| Interventions |
I = community injury prevention programme including neighbourhood discussion groups, monthly newsletter to families, speakers at group and club meetings, distribution of safety literature
C = no community injury prevention |
| Outcomes |
Outcomes measured over 24 months:
Medically attended injuries (physician attendance, dentist attendance, hospital attendance) ‐ No significant difference in the rate of accidents in the intervention and control groups. No figures or P values reported. |
| Notes |
Blinding ‐ u
Outcomes 80% ‐ y
Balance ‐ n
Intervention areas had higher injury rates at baseline than control areas |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not applicable ‐ non‐randomised study |
