TITLE:
Development of a Systematic Review of Public Health Interventions to Prevent Children Drowning
AUTHORS:
Gemma Crawford, Justine Leavy, Linda Portsmouth, Jonine Jancey, Francene Leaversuch, Lauren Nimmo, Lauren Reid-Dornbusch, Emma Hills
KEYWORDS:
Interventions; Drowning Prevention; Best-Practice; Systematic Review Protocol; Children; Evaluation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.4 No.3,
March
12,
2014
ABSTRACT: 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.