Access to war weapons and injury prevention activities among children in Croatia

To investigate the exposure of children in Croatia to war weapons, we surveyed random samples of children (n=986) aged 11 to 16 years and of parents (1469) of children aged 7 to 16 years in April 1994 in four war-affected districts in Croatia. The children's survey indicated that 57% of the boy...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1996-03, Vol.86 (3), p.397-400
Main Authors: Kopjar, B, Wiik, J, Wickizer, T M, Bulajic-Kopjar, B, Mujki-Klaric, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Welfare
Children
Children & youth
Civil war
Civil wars
Croatia
Cross-Sectional Studies
Factors
Feasibility Studies
Female
Firearms
Firearms - statistics & numerical data
Health Surveys
Households
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarianism
Humans
Injuries
Land mines
Male
Medical sciences
Military weapons
Ownership - statistics & numerical data
Parents & parenting
Participation
Polls & surveys
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Secondary schools
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Truces & cease fires
Warfare
Weapons
Wounds, Gunshot - etiology
Wounds, Gunshot - prevention & control
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Summary:To investigate the exposure of children in Croatia to war weapons, we surveyed random samples of children (n=986) aged 11 to 16 years and of parents (1469) of children aged 7 to 16 years in April 1994 in four war-affected districts in Croatia. The children's survey indicated that 57% of the boys and 36% of the girls had access to weapons at home, at some other place, or at both. Eighteen percent of the boys and 5% of the girls reported playing with weapons. The parents' survey showed that 68% of the households possessed weapons, with 19% of the children having access to weapons at home. Influenced by preliminary findings of these surveys, the Croatian government modified its national campaign (one partially supported by international aid) to prevent war-related injuries among children. This study demonstrates the feasibility of scientific evaluation of humanitarian aid programs.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.86.3.397