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Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal

Pant, Puspa Raj; Towner, Elizabeth; Ellis, Matthew; Pilkington, Paul

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Elizabeth Towner

Matthew Ellis



Abstract

Introduction: Child injuries are a major public health problem in low- and middle- income countries but they are
not recognised at policy or community level. Prevention of injuries is neglected due to lack of awareness. Only a
few community-based studies have been conducted to explore this problem.
Objectives: To explore the practice of safety measures applied by the household after childhood injury among the
survey households of Makwanpur.
Methods: A community-based household survey was conducted in 3,441 households in Makwanpur district
during Dec 2010-Feb2011. 181 (5%) households reported at least one injured child within a period of 12 months.
The respondents of the households in which an injured child was found were asked 'what did they do for
preventing injuries in future?' The responses were noted verbatim. Analysis of the free-text information about the
preventive measures was utilised to explore perceived risk factors, the types of preventive measures and
implications for injury prevention intervention.
Results: About 60% (106) households applied some preventive measures for child injuries; households applying
any sort of safety measures to prevent their children from future injuries were significantly different across the
geographical regions. Most of the households were applying passive measures i.e. instructions (39%), warnings
(26%) and education (10%). Only 23% of households were applying active measures i.e. supervision and
environmental change. Children's cognitive development, use of safety equipment and structure of house were
among the least expressed concern.
Conclusion: Important issues in terms of developing community-based injury prevention intervention were
evolved when analysing the spirit and language of the responses. Lack of supervision of children was a major
issue (36%) followed by home safety (12%), child labour and awareness related (9% each). Taking these factors
into account for developing a child injury prevention intervention could be highly effective.

Citation

Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Ellis, M., & Pilkington, P. (2013, August). Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal. Poster presented at 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, PEACH, Pattaya, Thailand

Presentation Conference Type Poster
Conference Name 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion
Conference Location PEACH, Pattaya, Thailand
Start Date Aug 25, 2013
End Date Aug 29, 2013
Publication Date Aug 25, 2013
Publicly Available Date Jun 7, 2019
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Keywords preventive, measures, childhood injuries, household, Nepal
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/928987
Publisher URL http://www.iuhpe.org/index.php/en/conferences
Additional Information Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion

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