background : to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to date, no systematic study has been carried out in tabriz city to investigate the extent, frequency, causes, and major outcome(s) of falling accidents in the houses of rural and urban areas of this city. the current study was, therefore, undertaken to address some of these issues. methods: in this cross-sectional retrospective study, 43170 i...

background: accidents are the first cause of death in children under 5- year, especially in low- and middle-income countries. the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of prevention behavior of domestic accidents in mothers of children fewer than 5 years old based on protection motivation theory )pmt(. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study, 190 m...

OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence and nature of unreported and reported home accidents in older people and to investigate associated environmental factors. DESIGN Postal questionnaire requesting information on home accidents in the preceding month. SETTING Inner London general practice. SUBJECTS All registered patients aged over 65 years (n = 1662), of whom 120 were inappropriately re...

Background: Accidents mainly occur at home. Children are most vulnerable to accidents and violence at home. Objectives: This study is aimed at identifying the rate of home accidents (burns and falls) among children under the age of five in Sudan and the associated factors. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. It used the survey approach to identify the rate of home...

introduction: different factors such as parents’ knowledge and attitudes regarding preventive measures (pm) have a great role in reducing children unintentional home injuries. the present study aims to evaluate the contributing factors of unintentional home injury prevention in preschool victims presented to the emergency department. methods: the subjects consisted of all the mothers of prescho...

This paper first appeared in the New Englandjournal of Medicine (1959; 260: 1322-31) and is reprinted by permission. Copyright (1959) Massachusetts Medical Society. The following and many similar headines startle parent and physicians daily: 'Girl dead, boy blinded by antifreeze'; 'Three small children perish in home fire'; and 'Boy, two, dies in two-story fall'. To the physician, who today can...