Pre-school childhood poisoning in Thailand.
A descriptive study of pre-school poisoning in Khon Kaen province revealed that poisoning had a lower incidence rate and a much lower proportion of all hospital attendances than that reported in western studies. This could have been because grandparents, if not parents, still had a major role in child-rearing. This advantage was supported by increased affection as reflected by the finding that children were described as easy-to-take-care of ("Jiang-ngai") and not difficult ("liang-yaak") children, as reported in previous western studies where non-related baby-sitters were common. However, many disadvantages including illiteracy, age disabilities, improper supervision, and poor understanding of the risks of poisoning were identified in child caregivers in this study.
Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
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D002668:Child Rearing; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology