Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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To evaluate the effects of a community based, all age, all injury prevention program, the Safe Living Program, on injury risk and injury rates. ⋯ The Safe Living Program was unable to replicate the significant reductions in injuries reported in other community based interventions. Replication of apparently successful community based injury prevention programs in different settings and populations requires evidence based interventions, sustained and effective program penetration, reliable data systems to measure change, at least one control community, and sufficient budget and time for effects to be observable.