Resources for planning No. 4 - Child injury prevention

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Aims

Researchers and governments around the world require information on the cost effectiveness as well as the effectiveness of potential interventions. To date, there have been limitations in available analyses of cost-effectiveness, in addition to analyses of the costs incurred with injury interventions, morbidity and mortality.

The major aims of this review are:

• To collate, review, analyse and disseminate guidelines or recommendations on evidence-based approaches to the prevention of injury for children aged 0-4 years
• To examine programs targeted to individuals and communities and investigate which types of intervention are efficacious and cost-effective in preventing injury
• To examine the role of education, environment modification, behaviour change, legislation and policy, on child injury prevention
• To seek evidence of broader outcomes such as the impact of injury on the family, overall health and wellbeing, and quality of life
• To consult relevant key stakeholders and child injury prevention experts to collate their views on child injury prevention in practice and projects that have been conducted in their local communities.

Executive summary

The focus of this review is to ascertain the efficacy of child injury prevention interventions as they relate to specific types of injuries and to generic safety promotion. Conventionally, child health outcomes have focused on deaths, hospitalisations and diagnoses of morbidity associated with injury. This project aims to seek evidence of outcomes more broadly and to include issues such as the impact of injury on the family and on overall health and wellbeing.

This project used systematic methods to collate, review and analyse evidence-based approaches for the prevention of injury to children aged 0-4 years. This will inform the planning, funding and decision making of practitioners as they develop and implement health promotion interventions and activities.

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