World J Clin Med Case Rep | Volume 2, Issue 2 | Research Article | Open Access
Hossain K, Mondal NI, Haque N, Rahman A and Rahman M*
Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Fulltext PDFBackground: In Bangladesh, unintentional child injuries are a concerningly rising public health issue. The prevention of unintended injuries in young children is mostly dependent on parental safety behaviors. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the awareness and safety precautions that parents and children have for unintentional childhood injuries.
Methods: For the study, 822 children between the ages of 10 and 17 who were hospitalized to the pediatric emergency wards of a government and non-government hospital in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, were chosen. Convenience sampling was used to choose the injured children as well as the mother and father. The outcomes included awareness and adherence to safety measures to prevent unintentional injury. For the study, multivariate logistic regression analysis and descriptive statistics were employed.
Results: When it came to preventing unintended injury, 32.5% of children and 54.4% of parents were aware of the same information. In comparison, 3.9% of parents followed safety precautions to avoid injury, compared to 12.3% of children. The odds ratios for parents' and children' knowledge of injuries are substantially lower for injuries from falls, burns, and other sources (70.50% & 73.70% and 84.40% & 79.00%, respectively). Safety precautions help prevent burns and other injuries, and they protect children as well as parents.
Conclusion: Among parents and injured children, there was a lower proportion of awareness and dedication to safety behavior. As a result, this important topic deserves attention.
Unintentional childhood injury; Road traffic injury; Fall injury; Burn injury; Awareness; Safety
Hossain K, Mondal NI, Haque N, Rahman A, Rahman M. Awareness and Adherence to Safety Measures to Prevent Unintentional Injury in Parents and Children in Bangladesh. World J Clin Med Case Rep. 2024; 2(2): 1012..