Large-scale evaluation of interventions designed to reduce childhood Drownings in rural Bangladesh: a before and after cohort study

• Main Authors: Olakunle Alonge (Author), David Bishai (Author), Shirin Wadhwaniya (Author), Priyanka Agrawal (Author), Aminur Rahman (Author), Emdad Md. Dewan Hoque (Author), Kamran Ul Baset (Author), Shumona Sharmin Salam (Author), Al-Amin Bhuiyan (Author), Md Irteja Islam (Author), Abu Talab (Author), Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman (Author), Fazlur Rahman (Author), Shams El-Arifeen (Author), Adnan A. Hyder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This paper estimates the impact on childhood drowning rates of community-based introduction of crèches or playpens or both in rural Bangladesh for children aged 0-47 months. Methods A baseline census of the whole population of 270,387 households in 51 unions, 451 villages from 7...