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[A case-control study on the risk factors of accidental injury among 0-14 year-old children]
Insights
Childhood accidental injuries are linked to parental illiteracy, low income, unsafe home storage of pesticides, and precarious housing conditions. These preventable factors highlight key areas for injury reduction strategies.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Public Health
- Environmental Health
Context:
- Accidental injuries represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children globally.
- Understanding specific risk factors is crucial for developing targeted prevention programs.
Purpose:
- To identify and analyze the key risk factors contributing to accidental injuries in children.
- To provide evidence-based data for the prevention and reduction of childhood accidental injuries.
Summary:
- A matched case-control study involving 468 children with accidental injuries identified significant risk factors.
- Key factors include low parental education, low family income, indoor storage of pesticides/raticides, and unsafe housing conditions.
- Multifactor analysis confirmed that children with illiterate parents, pesticide storage in homes, low income, and vulnerable housing were at highest risk.
Impact:
- Findings underscore the multifactorial nature of childhood accidental injuries, emphasizing their preventability.
- Results can inform public health interventions, parental education, and housing safety regulations to reduce child injury incidence.
Abstract:
To investigate the risk factors resulting in accidental injury in children and to provide basis for the prevention and reduction of such incidence, 468 cases of children with accidental injuries were studied through a one to one matched case-control study. Data was analysed with conditional logistic analysis. Results from single-factor analysis showed that such cases were associated with following factors: a) multiple children in the family with parents illiterate or low income; b) pesticide or raticide was stored inside the rooms; c) negligence of the dangerous environment risk around their houses. Results from multiple-factors analysis showed that children with illiterate parents, house that had pesticide stored in, low family income and whose houses were under vulnerable condition of collapse were most likely to suffer accidental injuries. Author concluded that the accidental injuries to children were caused by multiple factors which are preventable.