危险因素儿童在加纳下降:一个多中心的横截面研究
Jacob Solomon Idan1,2, Emmanuel Kweku Nakua1, Shadrach Mintah1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Journal of public health research
|September 15, 2025
概括
儿童跌倒是加纳的一个主要问题. 年龄较小,男性性别和更高的监护人教育是儿童跌倒的关键风险因素,为有针对性的预防策略提供了信息.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 伤害预防 预防伤害
背景情况:
- 儿童受伤,特别是跌倒,是低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的重大公共卫生问题.
- 在2021年,全球估计有35万名儿童跌倒,不成比例地影响了LMICs.
- 加纳面临着儿童跌倒的巨大负担,需要对特定风险因素进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估与加纳儿童中跌倒相关的风险因素.
- 确定加纳儿科人口中与跌倒有关的伤害的人口和社会经济决定因素.
- 为开发有针对性的干预措施提供证据,以减少加纳儿童跌倒.
主要方法:
- 这是一项横截面研究,利用了加纳四家高等教学医院的数据.
- 包括2017年1月至2020年12月期间出现无意伤害的18岁以下1555名儿童.
- 应用通用后勤回归来识别跌倒的重大风险因素.
主要成果:
- 跌倒占据了儿童报告的所有非故意伤害的55%.
- 5-12岁的儿童 (47%) 和男性 (69%) 受到跌倒的影响最大.
- 较年轻的年龄组 (婴儿,幼儿,学龄前儿童),男性和更高的监护人教育水平是导致跌倒的重要风险因素.
结论:
- 年龄,性别和监护人的教育水平是加纳儿童倒的重要风险因素.
- 调查结果强调,需要针对性干预措施,以减轻儿童因跌倒而造成的伤害.
- 这项研究为加纳和其他面临类似挑战的LMICs的公共卫生战略提供了宝贵的见解.
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