Impact of the national home safety equipment scheme 'Safe At Home' on hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children under 5: a controlled interrupted time series analysis.
Trevor HillCarol CouplandDenise KendrickMatthew JonesAshley AkbariSarah RodgersMichael Craig WatsonEdward TyrrellSheila MerrillElizabeth OrtonPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2021)
A national home safety equipment scheme was associated with a reduction in injury-related hospital admissions in children under 5 in the 2 years after the scheme ended. Providing a higher number of items of safety equipment appears to be more effective in reducing injury rates than providing fewer items.