Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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Mortality from road traffic injuries in sub-Saharan Africa is among the highest in the world, yet data from the region are sparse. To date, no multi-site population-based survey on road traffic injuries has been reported from Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa. ⋯ The road traffic injury rates found in this survey highlight a neglected public health problem in Nigeria. Simple extrapolations from this survey suggest that over 4 million people may be injured and as many as 200 000 potentially killed as the result of road traffic crashes annually in Nigeria. Appropriate interventions in both the health and transport sectors are needed to address this significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria.
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Multicenter Study
Injury surveillance: unrealistic expectations of safe communities.
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Review Meta Analysis
The effect of education and home safety equipment on childhood thermal injury prevention: meta-analysis and meta-regression.
To evaluate whether home safety education and safety equipment provision increases thermal injury prevention practices or reduces thermal injury rates and whether the effect of interventions differs by social group. ⋯ Home safety education, especially with the provision of safety equipment, is effective in increasing some thermal injury prevention practices, but there is insufficient evidence to show whether this also reduces injury rates.
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Multicenter Study
Analysis of the childhood fatal drowning situation in Bangladesh: exploring prevention measures for low-income countries.
To determine the epidemiology of child drowning in order to propose possible interventions for Bangladesh and other similar low-income countries. ⋯ Drowning is a major cause of childhood mortality in Bangladesh. Creating drowning-safe homes, improving supervision of children, modifying the environment, and developing water safety skills for children and the community may be effective interventions for drowning prevention.
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Review Comparative Study
Distribution of road traffic deaths by road user group: a global comparison.
Road traffic deaths are a major global health and development problem. An understanding of the existing burden of road traffic deaths in the population is necessary for developing effective interventions. ⋯ Ameliorating road safety requires the implementation of context-specific solutions. This review of the road traffic injury literature provides strong evidence that the distribution of road traffic fatalities varies dramatically across different parts of the world. Therefore, context-appropriate and effective prevention strategies that protect the particular at-risk road user groups should be carefully investigated.