Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning

Drowning is the leading cause of death from unintended injury in children globally. Drowning is preventable, and mechanisms exist which can reduce its impact, however the peer-reviewed literature to guide public health interventions is lacking. This paper describes a protocol for a review of drownin...

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Main Authors: Crawford, Gemma, Leavy, Justine, Portsmouth, Linda, Jancey, Jonine, Leaversuch, Francene, Nimmo, L., Reid-Dornbusch, Lauren, Hills, Emma
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Published: Scientific Research Publishing 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19852
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author Crawford, Gemma
Leavy, Justine
Portsmouth, Linda
Jancey, Jonine
Leaversuch, Francene
Nimmo, L.
Reid-Dornbusch, Lauren
Hills, Emma
author_facet Crawford, Gemma
Leavy, Justine
Portsmouth, Linda
Jancey, Jonine
Leaversuch, Francene
Nimmo, L.
Reid-Dornbusch, Lauren
Hills, Emma
author_sort Crawford, Gemma
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description Drowning is the leading cause of death from unintended injury in children globally. Drowning is preventable, and mechanisms exist which can reduce its impact, however the peer-reviewed literature to guide public health interventions is lacking. This paper describes a protocol for a review of drowning prevention interventions for children. Electronic searching will identify relevant peer-reviewed literature describing interventions to prevent child drowning worldwide. Outcome measures will include: drowning rates, water safety behaviour change, knowledge and/or attitude change, water safety policy and legislation, changes to environment and water safety skills. Quality appraisal and data extraction will be independently completed by two researchers using standardised forms recording descriptive and outcome data for each included article. Data analysis and presentation of results will occur after data have been extracted. This review will map the types of interventions being implemented to prevent drowning amongst children and identify gaps within the literature.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-198522017-10-02T02:28:04Z Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning Crawford, Gemma Leavy, Justine Portsmouth, Linda Jancey, Jonine Leaversuch, Francene Nimmo, L. Reid-Dornbusch, Lauren Hills, Emma Evaluation Best-Practice Systematic Review Protocol Drowning Prevention Interventions Children Drowning is the leading cause of death from unintended injury in children globally. Drowning is preventable, and mechanisms exist which can reduce its impact, however the peer-reviewed literature to guide public health interventions is lacking. This paper describes a protocol for a review of drowning prevention interventions for children. Electronic searching will identify relevant peer-reviewed literature describing interventions to prevent child drowning worldwide. Outcome measures will include: drowning rates, water safety behaviour change, knowledge and/or attitude change, water safety policy and legislation, changes to environment and water safety skills. Quality appraisal and data extraction will be independently completed by two researchers using standardised forms recording descriptive and outcome data for each included article. Data analysis and presentation of results will occur after data have been extracted. This review will map the types of interventions being implemented to prevent drowning amongst children and identify gaps within the literature. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19852 10.4236/ojpm.2014.43014 Scientific Research Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle Evaluation
Best-Practice
Systematic Review Protocol
Drowning Prevention
Interventions
Children
Crawford, Gemma
Leavy, Justine
Portsmouth, Linda
Jancey, Jonine
Leaversuch, Francene
Nimmo, L.
Reid-Dornbusch, Lauren
Hills, Emma
Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning
title Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning
title_full Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning
title_fullStr Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning
title_full_unstemmed Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning
title_short Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning
title_sort development of a systematic review of public health interventions to prevent children drowning
topic Evaluation
Best-Practice
Systematic Review Protocol
Drowning Prevention
Interventions
Children
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19852