Citation

Paul S, Mehra S, Prajapati P, Malhotra V, Verma KC, Sidhu TK. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-7.

Affiliation

Department of Community Medicine , Adesh Institute of Medical Science & Research , Bathinda , India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2019.1595666

PMID

31184258

Abstract

Injury has been increasing exponentially, especially in children, and it has become a public health concern. The present study was conducted with the objective of determining the prevalence and profile of unintentional injury among children of 1-5-year age group in a rural community of India and also to find out the predictors. Primary caregiver was interviewed by using a structured interview schedule. Parent supervisory behaviour was assessed using Parent Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ), and child injury risk-taking behaviour was assessed by using injury behaviour checklist (IBC). Children encountered any unintentional injury event during last three-month period were 261 (62.7%). PSAPQ score was significantly higher in those parents where children had no episode of injury compared to others. Among four components of the PSAPQ, protectiveness (p = 0.049) and risk tolerance (p = 0.001) score had significant positive association with the incidence of unintentional injury. Binary multivariable logistic regression technique had found that age of the child, gender, primary care giver, birth order of the baby, the number of siblings, social class and IBC score has significant association with history of unintentional injury. There is utmost need for the development of effective programmes and training strategies to prevent unintentional injury among under-five children in future.

Language: en

Keywords

Unintentional injury; injury behaviour checklist; injury profile; parent supervision; under-five children