Citation

Molcho M, Harel Y, Pickett W, Scheidt PC, Mazur J, Overpeck MD. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2006; 13(4): 205-211.

Affiliation

Department of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, 12 Distillery Rd, Galway, Republic of Ireland. michal.molcho@nuigalway.ie

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17345718

Abstract

The primary objective was to present a cross-country comparison of injury rates, contexts and consequences. The research design was the analysis of data from the 1998 cross-national Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey and 52955 schoolchildren from 11 countries, aged 11, 13 and 15 years, completed a self-administrated questionnaire. A total of 41.3% of all children were injured and needed medical treatment in the past 12 months. Injury rates among boys were higher than among girls, 13.3% reported activity loss due to injury and 6.9% reported severe injury consequences. Most injuries occurred at home and at a sport facility, mainly during sport activity. Fighting accounted for 4.1% of injuries. This paper presents the first cross-national comparison of injury rates and patterns by external cause and context. Findings present cross-country similarities in injury distribution by setting and activity. These findings emphasize the importance of the development of global prevention programmes designed to address injuries among youth.

Language: en