Epidemiology of paediatric injuries in Nepal: evidence from emergency department injury surveillance

BackgroundGlobally, injuries cause >5 million deaths annually and children and young people are particularly vulnerable. Injuries are the leading cause of death in people aged 5–24 years and a leading cause of disability. In most low-income and middle-income countries where the majority of global...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2021-11, Vol.106 (11), p.1050-1055
Main Authors: Magnus, Dan, Bhatta, Santosh, Mytton, Julie, Joshi, Elisha, Bhatta, Sumiksha, Manandhar, Sunil, Joshi, Sunil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Allied Health Personnel
Animal bites
Attrition (Research Studies)
Child Health
Children
COVID-19
Data Analysis
Data collection
Death
Departments
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Epidemiology
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Formative Evaluation
Global Child Health
health services research
Hospitals
Injuries
Injury prevention
Low Income
Low income groups
Males
Management Information Systems
Morbidity
Mortality
Nursing
Patients
Pediatrics
Physicians
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Social Class
Sociodemographics
Stings
Surveillance
Trauma
Young Adults
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Summary:BackgroundGlobally, injuries cause >5 million deaths annually and children and young people are particularly vulnerable. Injuries are the leading cause of death in people aged 5–24 years and a leading cause of disability. In most low-income and middle-income countries where the majority of global child injury burden occurs, systems for routinely collecting injury data are limited.MethodsA new model of injury surveillance for use in emergency departments in Nepal was designed and piloted. Data from patients presenting with injuries were collected prospectively over 12 months and used to describe the epidemiology of paediatric injury presentations.ResultsThe total number of children
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2020-321198