Investigation of animal-related injuries among rural school-age children in Zunyi city.

CAO Bo-ling, QI Yong-hong, SHI Dan, YAN Cheng, LIU Dan, SHI Xiu-quan.

Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2014, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (8) : 850-852.

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2014, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (8) : 850-852. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-08-21

Investigation of animal-related injuries among rural school-age children in Zunyi city.

  • CAO Bo-ling1, QI Yong-hong1, SHI Dan2, YAN Cheng2, LIU Dan1, SHI Xiu-quan1.
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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.

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animal-related injury / rural children / survey

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CAO Bo-ling, QI Yong-hong, SHI Dan, YAN Cheng, LIU Dan, SHI Xiu-quan.. Investigation of animal-related injuries among rural school-age children in Zunyi city.[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2014, 22(8): 850-852 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-08-21

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