نتایج جستجو برای: home injuries

تعداد نتایج: 249226  

Journal: :Croatian medical journal 2002
Kent Lindqvist

AIM Analysis of the economic impact of injuries that occurred within a year in Motala district -- a World Health Organization Safe Community. METHOD A survey of all types of injury that occurred in an area with the total population of over 41,000 within a 12-month period (October 1, 1983, to September 30, 1984). All injuries that required medical care were noted. Included in the costs of inju...

Journal: :American journal of public health 1996
B Kopjar T M Wickizer

Norwegian injury register data were analyzed to examine unintentional home injuries among persons ages 25 to 64 years residing in Stavanger, Norway, during 1992. A total of 782 persons received medical treatment for injury during 1992 (15.4 per 1000 population). The incidence was similar for males and females (15.8 and 14.9 per 1000 population); however, the exposure-specific injury rate was si...

Journal: :Lancet 2015
Michael D Keall Nevil Pierse Philippa Howden-Chapman Chris Cunningham Malcolm Cunningham Jagadish Guria Michael G Baker

BACKGROUND Despite the considerable injury burden attributable to falls at home among the general population, few effective safety interventions have been identified. We tested the safety benefits of home modifications, including handrails for outside steps and internal stairs, grab rails for bathrooms, outside lighting, edging for outside steps, and slip-resistant surfacing for outside areas s...

Journal: :Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 2003
R Hooper C A Coggan B Adams

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to obtain New Zealand data on beliefs related to a broad spectrum of injuries and their prevention. METHODS A cross sectional phone survey was conducted of approximately 400 randomly selected households from each of 13 territorial local authorities across New Zealand, giving a total of 5282. Respondents were asked questions on awareness and attitudes to inju...

Journal: :Central European journal of public health 2014
Coşkun Bakar Sibel Cevizci Duru Gündoğar Handan Işin Özişik Karaman

OBJECTIVE We examined the prevalence of unintentional injuries and associated risk factors among university students in Canakkale city, Turkey. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007-2008. Atotal of 4,762 students completed the questionnaire. Risk factors associated with the rate of accidents were assessed by chi-square analysis and effects of these factors on unintentional inj...

2013
Tony Rosen Karin A. Mack Rita K. Noonan

BACKGROUND Falls are a leading cause of unintentional injury among adults age 65 years and older. Loose, unsecured rugs and damaged carpets with curled edges, are recognized environmental hazards that may contribute to falls. To characterize nonfatal, unintentional fall-related injuries associated with rugs and carpets in adults aged 65 years and older. METHODS We conducted a retrospective an...

Journal: :Pediatrics 1993
E A Jordan A K Duggan J B Hardy

The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of injuries in children of adolescent mothers (< 18 years old at delivery), in Baltimore, MD, and to explore the relationship between maternal receipt of home safety information and child injury. A random sample of 363 adolescent mothers and their children were followed longitudinally by home interview at 3 and 15 months postpartum. Rec...

Journal: :Scandinavian journal of public health. Supplement 2003
Nguyen Xuan Thanh Hoang Mihn Hang Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc Lars Lindholm

AIMS Relatively little is known about patterns of injury at the community level in Vietnam and their economic consequences. This study sought to estimate the costs of various unintentional injuries in Bavi District during one year; to describe how costs depended on gender, age, circumstances, and severity of injury; and to describe how the economic burden of unintentional injuries was distribut...

2012
Mohammad Reza Fazel Esmaeil Fakharian Ebrahim Razi Masoumeh Abedzadeh-Kalahroudi Mehrdad Mahdian Mahdi Mohammadzadeh Mohaddeseh Pourpooneh

BACKGROUND Injury is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world, and the home is one of the most common places for these types of injuries. OBJECTIVES This study is designed to investigate the epidemiology of home-related injuries in Kashan, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS This investigation is a retrospective cross-sectional study on existing data from the data bank of th...

Journal: :Australian dental journal 1967
W E Brown

Injuries to primary and young permanent teeth from simple falls around the home and school, automobile accidents, and various contact sports may result i n disfigurement and disruptive changes i n occlusion and alignment of the teeth. Whereas many injuries can be prevented with simple protective devices, others cannot be avoided. It is the purpose of this presentation to discuss the available p...

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