Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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To assess the relationships between intimate partner homicide (IPH) and public policies including police staffing levels in large US cities. ⋯ Reducing access to firearms for DVRO defendants, increasing police staffing levels and allowing the warrantless arrest of DVRO violators may reduce the city-level risk of IPH. Future research should evaluate factors that may mediate the effect of these laws and increased police staffing levels on IPH to determine whether there are opportunities to increase their protective effect. Further research is needed on firearm law implementation to determine why the other tested laws were not found effective.
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To describe the development, community acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of a pilot drowning prevention intervention for rural children, 1-4 years old, in Bangladesh. ⋯ Use of low-cost local resources, community participation, and increasing demand of the interventions indicated that the package was acceptable, feasible, and sustainable to the community. To determine the effectiveness of the package demands implementation on a larger sample.
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To examine the incidence and characteristics of non-fatal burn injury in Bangladesh. ⋯ Burn is a major cause of morbidity, disability, school absence, and workday loss. Young children, females, and rural dwellers are at highest risk. Home is the most risky place for children and females in terms of burn injury risk. To halt this devastating health issue, a national strategy and programme for burn prevention must be developed.