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.
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Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Pattraranit
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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