title: Prevalence, correlates, and changes in injury epidemiology between 2006 and 2010 among 13-15 year Moroccan school attending adolescents.
abstract: Injuries are the leading cause of mortality among 10-19 years old children and adolescents globally. This study reports on correlates of injuries using multivariate analysis and compares trends in injury from 2006 to 2010 in Morocco. For the prevalence of all cause injury, there was a statistically significant decrease between year 2006 and 2010, cumulatively, as well as for each sex. Within same years, boys reported having sustained more injuries than girls, and this difference was found to be statistically significant. Within same years, boys reported having sustained more fall injuries than girls; however this was statistically significant for year 2006 only. All cause injuries were also found to be statistically significantly more common in boys compared to girls in the year 2010, in the multiple logistic regression model. To further mitigate the burden of injury malady in Morocco among adolescents; all stakeholders i.e. health policymakers, paediatricians, psychiatrists, general practitioners, teachers, and parents need to choreograph their moves in concert.
authors.affiliation: Independent Consultant, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi.
authors.forename: Masood Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shaikh
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Injury, Adolescents, Morocco.