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Child unintentional injury prevention in Eastern Mediterranean Region

Hamid Soori1, Soheila Khodakarim1

  • 1Department of Epidemiology, Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science
|April 7, 2016
PubMed

Insights

Unintentional injuries are a major concern for children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), causing more deaths than the global average. Road traffic injuries, drowning, and burns are the leading causes of these preventable childhood deaths.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Child Injury Prevention

Background:

  • Unintentional injuries represent a significant cause of mortality and morbidity among children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).
  • Childhood injuries in the EMR constitute a critical public health challenge requiring urgent attention and intervention strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the epidemiological patterns of unintentional injuries affecting children within the EMR.
  • To compare regional injury data with global statistics using the World Report findings.

Main Methods:

  • Secondary data analysis focusing on unintentional injuries in EMR countries.
  • Specific injury types examined include road traffic incidents, drowning, burns, falls, and poisoning.

Main Results:

  • The EMR accounts for approximately 12% of global unintentional injury deaths in individuals under 20, with a mortality rate 19% higher than the world average.
  • Leading causes of childhood unintentional injury deaths in the EMR are road traffic injuries (17.4/100,000), drowning (6.8/100,000), burns (4.5/100,000), falls (2.9/100,000), and poisoning (1.6/100,000).
  • Mortality rates were higher in boys than girls, with no significant age-based differences observed.

Conclusions:

  • Unintentional injuries are the primary cause of death and disability in children across the EMR.
  • Integrating injury prevention programs that address key risk factors into existing child health strategies is crucial.
  • Ministries of health are essential in leading and implementing these integrated injury prevention initiatives.
Abstract

Keywords:
ChildEastern Mediterranean Regioninjuryunintentional

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