Abstract: Objective To explore the epidemic situation and related risk factors of animal-related injury among the school-age children in rural Zunyi. Method A total of 2 854 students were recruited from 52 classes, 7 schools of 3 counties using a 3-stage stratified cluster sampling method. Results A total of 477 rural children were injured, in which 98 children (20.55%) were the animal-related injuries; and among them boys was more than girls, the gender ratio was 1.39∶1; the injured part of the feet & legs was 51.02%, followed by the hands & arms (37.76%); only 43.88% of them went to the emergency room/clinic after the injury. Conclusions Children are vulnerable to animal-related injuries.More animal-related injury prevention and treatment activities should be conducted in schools and community to prevent and reduce the animal-related injuries, moreover, the relevant departments should give more supervision on animals and put animal-related injuries education into the school safety course.

Key words: animal-related injury, rural children, survey

摘要： 目的 了解遵义市农村地区学龄儿童遭意外动物致伤的流行学现况并探索相关其危险因素。方法 采用三阶段分层整群抽样方法, 随机抽取3个区县中7所学校共52个班级的中小学生2 854人进行问卷调查。结果 调查人群中共477人发生意外伤害, 其中动物致伤人数98人(占20.55%);受伤比例男生高于女生;男女比例为1.39∶1;受伤部位以脚/腿最多, 占51.02%, 其次为手掌/手臂占37.76%;致伤后只有43.88%及时到急诊室/门诊就诊。结论 儿童、青少年是被动物咬伤高危人群。应在学校、社区大力开展防治动物致伤的宣教活动以预防动物致伤的危害, 相关部门应加大对动物的制度化管理, 并将动物致伤纳入学校安全的常规教育内容中。

关键词: 动物致伤, 农村儿童, 调查