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Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighbourhood injury among young children in semiurban Ghana: a population-based household survey.
- Source :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047); Apr2015, Vol. 21 Issue 2, pe71-e79, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Background There are few population-based studies on household child injury in African countries. Objectives To determine the incidence, characteristics and risk factors of household and neighbourhood injury among children in semiurban communities in Kumasi, Ghana. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional populationweighted survey of 200 randomly selected caregivers of children under 18, representing 6801 households. Caregivers were interviewed about moderate to severe childhood injuries occurring within the past 6 months, for which the child staying home from school or activity, and/or required medical care. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with injury risk. Results Annual injury incidence was 593.5 injuries per 1000 children. Common causes of injury were falls (315.7 injuries per 1000 children), followed by cuts/ lacerations and burns. Most injuries (93.8%) were of moderate severity. Children whose caregivers were hourly workers (AOR=1.97; 95% CI 1.06 to 3.68) had increased odds of sustaining an injury compared to those of unemployed caregivers. Girls had decreased odds of injury (AOR=0.59; 95% CI 0.39 to 0.91). Cooking outdoors (AOR=0.45; 95% CI 0.27 to 0.76) and presence of cabinet/cupboards (AOR=0.41; 95% CI 0.24 to 0.70) in the house were protective. Among children under 5 years of age, living in uncompleted accommodation was associated with higher odds of injury compared with living in a rented single room (AOR=3.67; 95% CI 1.17 to 11.48). Conclusions The incidence of household and neighbourhood child injury is high in semiurban Kumasi. We identified several novel injury risk factors (hourly work, younger children) and protective factors (cooking outdoors, presence of cabinet/cupboards). These data may identify priorities for household injury prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of injury
INJURY risk factors
CHI-squared test
CHILDREN'S accident prevention
CONFIDENCE intervals
ACCIDENTAL falls
HOME accidents
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SURVEYS
WOUNDS & injuries
LOGISTIC regression analysis
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
PRE-tests & post-tests
DISEASE incidence
CROSS-sectional method
SEVERITY of illness index
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13538047
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102061930
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040950