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Effectiveness of child burn prevention campaigns in Mongolia

Gerelmaa Gunsmaa1, Haruhiko Inada2, Tumen-Ulzii Badarch3

  • 1Department of Global Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan ggerelus@yahoo.com.

Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
|February 24, 2022
PubMed

Insights

Child burn prevention campaigns reduced non-severe scald injuries in young children. Severe injuries were not significantly affected, indicating a need for interventions targeting severe burn prevention.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Pediatric Injury Prevention
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Childhood burn injuries pose a significant public health concern globally.
  • Burn prevention campaigns aim to reduce the incidence and severity of these injuries.
  • Understanding campaign effectiveness is crucial for optimizing public health strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of child burn prevention campaigns on medically attended burn injuries in young children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
  • To assess the effectiveness of specific campaigns targeting scald prevention.
  • To analyze trends in scald injury rates before, during, and after intervention periods.

Main Methods:

  • An interrupted time-series analysis was performed on burn injury data from January 2009 to December 2018.
  • Data included patients under 5 years old treated at the National Trauma and Orthopaedic Center.
  • Monthly scald injury rates were analyzed in relation to the timing of two nationwide burn prevention campaigns.

Main Results:

  • A total of 23,459 patients were included; 79% sustained scald injuries, with 6,920 severe cases.
  • The first campaign correlated with a 32% decrease in non-severe scald injuries.
  • No significant changes in severe scald injury rates were observed, with a concerning increase noted around the second campaign.

Conclusions:

  • The nationwide burn prevention campaign effectively reduced non-severe burn injuries in young children.
  • Further interventions, potentially including passive measures, are needed to address and prevent severe burn injuries.
  • Public awareness campaigns may be insufficient for preventing severe pediatric burns.
Abstract

Keywords:
burncampaignchildprogramme evaluation

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