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Patterns of vulnerability to non-fatal injuries in Sudan: initial evidence from a national cross-sectional survey.
- Source :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047); Oct2014, Vol. 20 Issue 5, p310-316, 7p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Background: Successful injury prevention requires identification and targeting of particularly vulnerable groups. Little is known about injury vulnerability patterns in Sudan. This paper aimed to fill this gap using survey data. Methods: Data from the Sudan Household Health Survey were used. This was a national cross-sectional interview survey of 83 510 individuals selected by multistage cluster random sampling. Multivariable Poisson regression was used to investigate the association of cause-specific injury that received care by traditional healers, outpatient care and inpatient care, and those that received only inpatient care, with age, gender, area of residence (urban or rural), socioeconomic status and education. Relevant interactions were tested. Results: Independent of other sociodemographic variables, men were at higher risk of road traffic injury (prevalence ratio (PR): 3.3 95% CI 2.4 to 4.7), falls (PR: 1.5, 95% CI 1.3 to 1.9), assault (PR: 3.0 95% CI 1.8–5) and mechanical injury (PR: 2.0 95% CI 1.2 to 3.1) that received any form of healthcare. Those aged 65 years and over also had the highest risk of those injury causes, while children under 5 years were the most likely to suffer burn injuries. Socioeconomic status was associated with assault (PR for the richest group 0.4 95% CI 0.2 to 0.8). Vulnerability patterns for injury that received inpatient care were fairly similar for some causes. Conclusions: In Sudan, existing disease prevention and health promotion programmes should expand to target men, children under 5 years, elderly people and those of low socioeconomic status with injury prevention interventions. Further research is needed to investigate the context-specific proximal risk factors that shape the various vulnerability patterns observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of injury
INJURY risk factors
BITES & stings
CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
CONFIDENCE intervals
ACCIDENTAL falls
FIRES
INTERVIEWING
POISONING
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
RURAL conditions
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
SURVEYS
TRAFFIC accidents
MATHEMATICAL variables
LOGISTIC regression analysis
SECONDARY analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EDUCATIONAL attainment
CROSS-sectional method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13538047
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 98507672
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040884