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
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