Prevention of childhood poisoning in the home: overview of systematic reviews and a systematic review of primary studies
| Autor: | Persephone Wynn, Jacqueline R Mhizha-Murira, Bryony Kay, Ben Young, Denise Kendrick, Adrian Hawkins, Kun Zou, Gosia Majsak-Newman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics business.industry Public health Poisoning Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Psychological intervention Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Systematic review Accidents Home 030225 pediatrics Family medicine Community health Injury prevention medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine business Child Safety Research |
| Zdroj: | International journal of injury control and safety promotion. 23(1) |
| ISSN: | 1745-7319 1745-7300 |
| Popis: | Unintentional poisoning is a significant child public health problem. This systematic overview of reviews, supplemented with a systematic review of recently published primary studies synthesizes evidence on non-legislative interventions to reduce childhood poisonings in the home with particular reference to interventions that could be implemented by Children's Centres in England or community health or social care services in other high income countries. Thirteen systematic reviews, two meta-analyses and 47 primary studies were identified. The interventions most commonly comprised education, provision of cupboard/drawer locks, and poison control centre (PCC) number stickers. Meta-analyses and primary studies provided evidence that interventions improved poison prevention practices. Twenty eight per cent of studies reporting safe medicine storage (OR from meta-analysis 1.57, 95% CI 1.22–2.02), 23% reporting safe storage of other products (OR from meta-analysis 1.63, 95% CI 1.22–2.17) and 46% reporting availability of PCC numbers (OR from meta-analysis 3.67, 95% CI 1.84–7.33) demonstrated significant effects favouring the intervention group. There was a lack of evidence that interventions reduced poisoning rates. Parents should be provided with poison prevention education, cupboard/drawer locks and emergency contact numbers to use in the event of a poisoning. Further research is required to determine whether improving poison prevention practices reduces poisoning rates. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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