Preventing childhood falls at home: meta-analysis and meta-regression

TY - JOUR

T1 - Preventing childhood falls at home

T2 - meta-analysis and meta-regression

AU - Kendrick, Denise

AU - Watson, Michael C

AU - Mulvaney, Caroline A

AU - Smith, Sherie J

AU - Sutton, Alex J

AU - Coupland, Carol A C

AU - Mason-Jones, Amanda J

PY - 2008/10

Y1 - 2008/10

N2 - Childhood falls are an important global public health problem, but evidence on their prevention has not been quantitatively synthesized. Despite social inequalities in childhood injury rates, there is a lack of evidence examining the effect of fall-prevention practices by social group.

AB - Childhood falls are an important global public health problem, but evidence on their prevention has not been quantitatively synthesized. Despite social inequalities in childhood injury rates, there is a lack of evidence examining the effect of fall-prevention practices by social group.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=50849110836&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.038

DO - 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.038

M3 - Article

C2 - 18779031

SN - 0749-3797

VL - 35

SP - 370

EP - 379

JO - American journal of preventive medicine

JF - American journal of preventive medicine

IS - 4

ER -