@article{ref1,
title="Community-based programmes to prevent falls in children: a systematic review",
journal="Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health",
year="2005",
author="McClure, Roderick John and Nixon, Judy and Spinks, Anneliese and Turner, Christy",
volume="41",
number="9-10",
pages="465-470",
abstract="Objective: We systematically reviewed the literature to examine the evidence for the effectiveness of community-based interventions to reduce fall-related injury in children aged 0-16 years. Methods: We performed a comprehensive search of the literature using the following study selection criteria: community-based intervention study; target population was children aged 0-16 years; outcome measure was fall-related injury rates; and either a community control or historical control was used in the study design. Quality assessment and data abstraction were guided by a standardized procedure and performed independently by two authors. Results: Only six studies fitting the inclusion criteria were identified in our search and only two of these used a trial design with a contemporary community control. Neither of the high quality evaluation studies showed an effect from the intervention and while authors of the remaining studies reported effective falls prevention programmes, the pre- and post-intervention design, uncontrolled for background secular trends, makes causal inferences from these studies difficult. Conclusion: There is a paucity of research studies from which evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-based intervention programmes for the prevention of fall-related injury in children could be based.  Keywords:  Window falls",
language="en",
issn="1034-4810",
doi="10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00685.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00685.x"
}