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Shi X, Wang T, Nie C, Wang H, Luo L, Qi Y, Jiang Z. Epidemiologic features and intervention effect of fall injury among rural school-aged children in southwest China: a short-term cohort study. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2018; 25:439-442. [PMID: 29792558 DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2018.1467460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Abstract
Falls are the top one type in all unintentional injuries. In this study, we aim to explore the epidemiological characteristics of falls and assess the intervention effect. Our research had interviewed 2854 rural children in southwest China. Then, we used School-Family-Individual (SFI) comprehensive education model to conduct an intervention among 1506 children and follow up them for one year. The changes in injury knowledge and incidence rate before and after intervention were compared. We found the fall injury was 37.32% (178/477) and ranked top one in the total injuries. After intervention, the children's fall-injuries-related knowledge was significantly increased by 15.29 percent (P < 0.001). While falls incidence significantly decreased after- intervention (6.24% vs. 3.93%; P < 0.001). From the results we concluded that the falls rate was high and was the prior reason of all injuries. SFI intervention model can effectively reduce the incidence of the fall injury.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiuquan Shi
- a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi , Guizhou , China.,b Center For Injury Research and Policy & Center For Pediatric Trauma Research , The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine , Columbus , OH , USA
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- a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi , Guizhou , China
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- a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi , Guizhou , China
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- a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi , Guizhou , China
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- c School of Nursing , Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi , Guizhou , China
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- a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi , Guizhou , China
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- c School of Nursing , Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi , Guizhou , China
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