Titre :
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Child supervision practices for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh : a pilot study of supervision tools. (2010)
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Auteurs :
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J.A. CALLAGHAN ;
S. ARIFEEN ;
A.H. BAQUI ;
L.S. BLUM ;
A.A. HYDER ;
R. KHAN ;
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research. Dhaka. BGD ;
International Injury Research Unit. Department of International Health. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore. MD. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 64, n° 7, 2010)
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Pagination :
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645-647
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Enfant
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Noyade
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Prévention santé
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Milieu rural
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Outil
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Homme
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Asie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS nR0xDGk7. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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.
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