Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Intelligent mHealth Intervention for Child Unintentional Injury Prevention: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unintentional injury is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. In China, real-world implementation of child injury prevention efforts remains inadequate due to constrained workforce capacity and a lack of operational frameworks.

Objective

This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) intervention, the Intelligent Child Unintentional-Injury Reduction & Education (iCURE) project, embedded within China's National Basic Public Health Service Program. The intervention relies on a WeChat (Tencent) service account for caregivers and a web-based platform for health care providers to deliver standardized unintentional injury prevention strategies for young children. Key features of the program include interactive question

SUBMITTER: Yuan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12296208 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature