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Mobile injury prevention programs for children: a scoping review protocol
Amy Lowery Carroll1,2, Robin Christian1,2, Michelle Palokas1,2
1School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
Insights
This review examines mobile injury prevention programs for children and families. It synthesizes research on these programs to improve child safety and health promotion strategies worldwide.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Pediatric Injury Prevention
- Health Promotion
Background:
- Unintentional injuries are a leading global cause of death for children aged 1-18 years.
- Effective injury prevention education for children and families is crucial for health promotion.
- Mobile or traveling programs offer a unique approach to delivering this education.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine mobile injury prevention programs for children and their families.
- To synthesize current knowledge on the utilization, delivery, and outcomes of these programs.
- To inform future strategies in pediatric injury prevention.
Main Methods:
- Scoping review following JBI guidance.
- Comprehensive search of multiple databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane, ERIC, Web of Science, Embase) and grey literature.
- Inclusion of studies in English, with data extraction and narrative synthesis by two independent reviewers.
Main Results:
- The review will identify and categorize mobile injury prevention programs.
- It will analyze program characteristics, including target population, educational content, delivery methods, and funding.
- Outcome measures reported in the studies will be synthesized to assess program effectiveness.
Conclusions:
- Mobile injury prevention programs represent a vital component of child health and safety initiatives.
- This review will provide a comprehensive overview of existing programs, highlighting gaps and areas for future research.
- Findings will guide the development and implementation of more effective injury prevention strategies for children and families globally.
Objective:
The objective of this review is to examine mobile injury prevention programs for children and their families.
Introduction:
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death worldwide for children aged one to 18years. Providing injury prevention education to children and their families is a necessary and critical element in health promotion.
Inclusion Criteria:
This review will consider studies that include children from birth to 18years of age and their parents or guardians. The concept of this review is mobile or traveling injury prevention education programs for the specified population. Studies conducted in any geographic location or setting that report on how these programs are being utilized, who is providing the education, where education is being provided, who is funding the education, and outcome measures reported with mobile injury prevention programs will be included in the review.
Methods:
This review will follow JBI's guidance for scoping reviews. The key databases to be searched include MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL (EBSCO), the Cochrane Library (Wiley), ERIC (EBSCO), Web of Science (Clarivate), and Embase (Elsevier). The search for unpublished studies will consist of OpenGrey ( www.opengrey.eu ) and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Sciences and Engineering Collection (ProQuest). Studies conducted in English, in any year, will be included. Two independent reviewers will perform title and abstract screening, retrieval and review of full-text studies, and data extraction. The results will be presented in diagrammatic or tabular form that aligns with a narrative summary.
