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

Zhang 2003.

Methods CBA (C)
 Allocation at level of counties
Participants Children aged 0‐4 years from 12 townships from 6 counties; 6 intervention and 6 control townships
Interventions I = health education comprising booklet containing methods of preventing suffocation and drowning, education by paediatricians to prevent suffocation and teaching sessions on vaccination day
 C = usual care
Outcomes Outcomes measured over 12 months:
Mortality from suffocation I = 1/1414, C = 4/1447, OR 0.26 (0.03 to 2.30)
 Parents not swaddling babies ‐ no figures or P values reported
 Mortality from drowning I = 3/8293 C = 5/7653, P > 0.05, OR 0.55 (0.13 to 2.32)
 Use of fencing round pools ‐ No figures or P values reported
Notes Blinding ‐ n
 Outcomes 80% ‐ n
 Balance ‐ n
 Intervention areas had higher baseline injury rates than control areas
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not applicable ‐ non‐randomised study