@article{ref1,
title="Child supervision practices for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh: a pilot study of supervision tools",
journal="Journal of epidemiology and community health",
year="2010",
author="Callaghan, J. A. and Hyder, Adnan Ali and Khan, Rashid and Blum, Lauren S. and Arifeen, S. and Baqui, Abdullah H.",
volume="64",
number="7",
pages="645-647",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Injuries are an increasing child health concern and have become a leading cause of child mortality in the 1-4 years age group in many developing countries, including Bangladesh. METHODS: Household observations during 9 months of a community-based pilot of two supervision tools-a door barrier and a playpen-designed to assess their community acceptability in rural Bangladesh are reported in this article. RESULTS: Statistical analysis of 2694 observations revealed that children were directly supervised or protected by a preventive tool in 96% of visits. Households with a supervision tool had a significantly lower proportion of observations with the child unsupervised and unprotected than households without a tool. Families that received a playpen had 6.89 times the odds of using it at the time of the visit than families that received a door barrier. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions such as the playpen, when introduced to households through community-based programs, are accepted by parents. Field trials are urgently needed to establish the effectiveness of barrier-based interventions at reducing under-five drowning mortality rates in low-income countries like Bangladesh.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0143-005X",
doi="10.1136/jech.2008.080903",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2008.080903"
}