Home Accidents to Children under 15 Years: Survey of 910 Cases

Survey of attitudes and performance of mothers with children under five years old in relation to the occurrence of domestic accidents

Introduction:  Children under the age of five are the most vulnerable group in terms of domestic accidents, most accidents occur among children at home. The aim of this study was to determine the attitude and practice of mothers with children under five years of age covered by Bushehr Comprehensive Health Service Centers "on preventive behaviors" from home accidents and its relationship with ho...

Accidents in Children Under 5 Years in Isfahan, Iran

Rohollah Lak 1, 3, MSc; Abolfazl Hajari 2, MSc; Mohsen Naderi Beni, MSc, MPH3* 1Health Technology Assessment, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 2Center of Disease Control, Tiran & Karvan Center of Health, 3Center of Disease Control, Chadegan Center of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Received: Jan 29, 2014; Accepted: Feb 12, 2014; First Online Availabl...

Leprosy among children under 15 years of age: literature review*

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, representing a public health issue in some countries. Though more prevalent in adults, the detection of new cases in children under 15 years of age reveals an active circulation of bacillus, continued transmission and lack of disease control by the health system, as well as aiding in the monitoring of the endemic. Among pat...

Measuring severity of injuries to children from home accidents.

The severity of injuries from home accidents was assessed in 402 children under the age of 5 treated in the accident department of an inner London hospital. Our child injury severity scale comprises three grades of severity for six types of injury. There was moderate agreement between the observer and an assessor in categorising the cases. Burns and scalds and poisoning caused more severe injur...

[Accidents suffered by children in the home].