title: Antecedents and consequences of pediatric dog-bite injuries and their developmental trends: 101 cases in rural China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Study the contextual antecedents and consequences of pediatric dog bites in rural China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 101 caregivers from rural Anhui Province, China, whose children had suffered dog-bite injuries in the past year, participated in a structured interview about the circumstances, antecedents and consequences of their child's injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Contextual circumstances identified frequently included outside-home environment and presence of peers but not adult supervisors. Frequent antecedents were dogs' initiation of the encounter, children walking to/from school, and dogs unleashed. Consequences to children identified frequently were rabies vaccines, restricted activity, and fear of dogs. Developmental trends emerged, with bite circumstances differing by children's ages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results offer data on common antecedents and consequences of pediatric dog bites in rural China, a necessary prerequisite for development of empirically supported prevention programs in a vulnerable population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Boulevard, CH 415, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Electronic address: jiabin@uab.edu.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health Management, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Rd., Hefei, Anhui 230032, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health Management, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Rd., Hefei, Anhui 230032, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Boulevard, CH 415, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Electronic address: schwebel@uab.edu.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schwebel
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D004285:Dogs; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines
keywords: Child; China; Dog-bite; Health; Injury