Maternal Health and Wellbeing

Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention

Project Duration

2009 – March 2014

Funder

NIHR

Project Staff

  • Dr Denise Kendrick (PI) 1
  • Ben Young 1
  • Dr Amanda J Mason-Jones 2
  • Dr Nohaid Ilyas 1
  • Felix A Achana 3
  • Nicola J Cooper 3
  • Stephanie J Hubbard 3
  • Alex J Sutton 3
  • Sherie Smith 1
  • Dr Persephone Wynn 1
  • Dr Caroline Mulvaney 1
  • Dr Michael Watson 1
  • Dr Carol Coupland 1

Staff Institutions

  1. The University of Nottingham
  2. MRC, Cape Town, South Africa
  3. The University of Nottingham
  4. University of Leicester
 

Aims

The objectives of the review were to: 

  1. evaluate the effectiveness of home safety education, with or without the provision of low cost, discounted or free equipment (hereafter referred to as home safety interventions), in reducing child injury rates or increasing practices aimed at preventing childhood injuries in the home
  2. evaluate the effect of home safety interventions by social group

Methods

Cochrane review.

Outcomes and Findings

Kendrick D, Young B, Mason-Jones AJ, Ilyas N, Achana FA, Cooper NJ, Hubbard SJ, Sutton AJ, Smith S, Wynn P, Mulvaney C, Watson MC, Coupland C. Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD005014. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005014.pub3

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Contact for further information

Caroline Mulvaney

 

 

 

Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group

The University of Nottingham
School of Health Sciences
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2HA


telephone: +44 (0)115 823 0820
email: helen.spiby@nottingham.ac.uk