title: [An investigation into perception of preventability of injuries and knowledge needs on injury prevention among 684 among undergraduates of a university].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the perception of the preventability of injury and needs on injury prevention knowledge among undergraduates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Stratified sampling and cluster sampling were used to select undergraduate students from 12 classes of three specialized fields of Central South University. A survey was carried out to understand beliefs of the preventability of injuries and knowledge needs on injury prevention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over 80% of students believed that drowning (605/684), road traffic injuries (601/684), burns and suicide/self-harm (591/684) are most preventable, while merely 59.6% (408/684) and 56.4% (386/684) of students considered cut/pierce and homicide/assault most preventable. The beliefs of preventability of common injuries were not statistically significant between non-public-health medical students, public health students, and non-medical students (P > 0.05), with an exception for poisoning. 18.1% of students (124) reported to received short-term injury training or take lecture for injury prevention, and 27.9% of students (191) had ever read injury-related books. There were 60% (410/684) and 56% (383/684) of students respectively reporting needs for prevention knowledge about poisoning and road traffic injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many undergraduates hold incorrect perception on the preventability of injuries, quite a few report knowledge needs for injury prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xiaotao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Aichun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Tianmu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Danping
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Yuanxiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Guoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult