Aim: To explore maternal perceptions of supervision and childhood unintentional injury in order to develop understanding and explanation for differences in unintentional injury rates between an advantaged and disadvantaged area. Background: Unintentional injury is the second cause of mortality and a significant cause of morbidity in the 0-4 year age group. Children living in socio-economic disa...

BACKGROUND Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death in young children. A previous study reported the protective effect of maternal parenting on young childhood injury; however, few studies have shown an association between paternal involvement in childcare and young childhood injury. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of paternal involvement in childcare to reduce ...

Unintentional poisoning occurs mainly in childhood due to ingestion of common household products. A decisive factor is the lack of knowledge concerning the potential toxicity of these products. A random study of 158 labels of cleaning products was conducted at the National Institute of Quality Control in Health--Brazil. Health hazard warnings, first aid in case of poisoning and storage instruct...

This study investigated the incidence and characteristics of poisoning fatalities and hospital admissions among indigenous Fijians and Indians in Viti Levu, Fiji. Individuals with a mechanism of injury classified as poisoning were identified using the Fiji injury surveillance in hospitals system, a population-based registry established for 12 months in Viti Levu, and analysed using population-b...

BACKGROUND Most official mortality publications do not present the mechanism of injury (for example, cut/pierce, drowning, fall, poisoning, or suffocation) for intentional injuries (for example, suicide or homicide). OBJECTIVES To determine if the presentation of mechanism of injury for intentional injuries had different mechanism profiles. METHODS Age adjusted injury mortality rates by int...

The elderly are particularly vulnerable to drug-induced morbidity. They may suffer from multiple medical problems leading to long-term drug use. Polypharmacy together with ageing-related changes in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and homeostatic mechanisms increases the risk of adverse drug reactions. Drug-related problems (adverse drug reactions, therapeutic failure and poisoning) are impor...

Globally, every day, ∼2,300 children and adolescents succumb to unintentional injuries sustained from motor vehicle collisions, drowning, poisoning, falls, burns, and violence. The rate of deaths due to motor vehicle injuries in adolescents is 10.2 per 100,000 adolescents. We systematically reviewed published evidence to identify interventions to prevent unintentional injuries among adolescents...