Research Article
Epidemiology of common childhood injuries in Rural Area of Wardha district
Author(s):
Amar Taksande*, Sachin Yedve, Sachin Damke and Revat Meshram
Background: Childhood injury is a common public health issue across the
world .childhood injuries stand out to be sixth leading cause of mortality
and morbidity as per the World Health Organization (WHO) report 2004.
The number of deaths that occurred due to unintentional injuries was more
when compared to other diseases like heart disease, cancer. Road traffic
injury, drowning, burns, falls and poisoning classified as unintentional
injuries, make up a major part of all child injury deaths. Ninety percent of
unintentional injuries are most commonly seen in lower middle class.
However less information is available about the childhood injuries in a Rural
Hospital. Objective: To estimate the magnitude and prevalence of
Unintentional injury distribution & pattern among children of 1 years-18
years of age in rural India.. Read More»
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