Preventing dog bites in children: randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention

British Medical Journal, June 3, 2000 by Simon Chapman, John Cornwall, Joanne Righetti, Lynne Sung

Competing interests: JC, JR, and LS are paid consultants to the Delta Society of Australia. SC has been paid an honorarium and travel expenses for speaking at a meeting about the intervention.

Funding: This study was funded by a small grant to SC's department by the Delta Society Australia Ltd.

[1] Thompson PG. The public health impact of dog attacks in a major Australian city. Med J Aust 1997; 167:129-32.

[2] Sacks JJ, Kresnow M, Houston B. Dog bites: how big a problem? Injury Prev 1996;2:52-4.

[3] Bandow JH. Will breed-specific legislation reduce dog bites? Can Vet J 1996;37:478-82.

[4] Patrick GR, O'Rourke KM. Dog and cat bites: epidemiologic analyses suggest different prevention strategies. Public Health Rep 1998;113:252-7.

[5] The Delta dog safe project. Delta News 1999;No 4:7. www.vetevents.com/ delta/archives/news4j.htm#story (accessed 10 May 2000).

(Accepted 6 March 2000)

Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Simon Chapman associate professor

Delta Society Australia, 6/3 Spring Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

John Cornwall consultant

Joanne Righetti consultant

Lynne Sung consultant

Correspondence to: S Chapman Simonc@pub.health. usyd.edu.au

BMJ 2000;320:1512-3