TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Knowledge for unintentional injury and risky behavior among the school-age children in Changsha city of China
JO  - Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
A1  - Tian, Lingyun
A1  - Liu, Minhui
A1  - Li, Li
A1  - Fang, Zhengqing
A1  - Xiao, Hongling
A1  - Wu, Ying
A1  - Xia, Yanping
SP  - 741
EP  - 749
VL  - 41
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE:    To investigate the current status on knowledge for unintentional injury and risky behavior among school-age children in Changsha, China, and to provide scientific evidence for the preventive strategies.
    METHODS:    A cross-sectional study was conducted on 866 students who were between 6 and 12 years old in Changsha. Two primary schools were selected by stratified cluster random sampling from all primary schools of Changsha city to collect the information regarding knowledge for unintentional injury and risky behavior occurring in the 6-month period before the survey.
    RESULTS:    The mean score for knowledge of unintentional injury was 11.83±2.38. The levels of knowledge for unintentional injury differed significantly in child's age, parents' education background and child's injury history (P<0.05). The child's knowledge level was correlated with child's age, mother's education, child's injury history. The mean score for risky behavior was 17.61±10.35. The levels of risky behavior differed significantly in child's gender, father's age to have the child, parents' marriage status, whom does/do child live with, child's injury history and medical history since the birthday (P<0.05). There was a linear regression relationship between risky behavior and child's injury history, parents' marriage status, child's gender. There was no significant correlation between knowledge and risky behavior (P>0.05).
    CONCLUSION:    It is a common phenomenon in school-age children who are lack of the knowledge for unintentional injury and risky behavior. This study provides useful information on the risk factors for unintentional injury and risky behavior, which would be significant for prevention program.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1672-7347
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2016.07.014
ID  - ref1
ER  -