title: The Status of School Events in Middle School Students in Isfahan Province.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adolescents are being threatened by several accidents because of entering the new world of adulthood, separation from families, a greater presence in community individually, the lack of knowledge of rules and risk-taking spirit of adolescents, and events. The contribution of these damages and their related costs are higher in developing and low-income countries. The current study was conducted for proper planning focused on reducing accidents that have the highest incidence, evaluating school events, determining the place and time that most accidents happened to students and determining the body part injured.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study using a multistage cluster sampling was conducted on 6933 students 11-14 years old (middle school) in 2009-2010 in Isfahan Province. The data were collected through observation and a researcher-made questionnaire and then entered into the EPi6 software, and analyzed by the SPSS 11.5 software and the statistical test of Chi-square.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings showed that 49.9% of students were girls (n = 3462) and 50.1% (n = 3471) were boys, 84.5% of students (n = 5860) were living in urban areas and 15.5% of students (n = 1073) were living in rural areas. Frequency distribution of incidents was 53.9% (3739 cases) at school and 10.6% (732 cases) on the commuting route. The most injured body part was hand with 1018 cases (18.5%) and foot with 1267 cases (23.1%), and mostly they were injured in boys.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings showed that a high percentage of students were injured at school, where the first step to prevent the incidence of such preventable incidents at school is to secure workshop environments and school yards.
authors.affiliation: Provincial Health Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tavazohi
authors.affiliation: Vice-chancellery for Research, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Vice-chancellery for Research, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arti
authors.affiliation: Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heidari
authors.affiliation: Provincial Health Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza Fadaei
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Nobari
authors.affiliation: Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ziba
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Farajzadegan
authors.affiliation: Isfahan Provincial Education and Training Organization, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bagheri
authors.affiliation: Department of Terminal and Transportation Organization of Isfahan Province, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Esmaeilzadeh
keywords: Incidents; Isfahan; middle school; students; traffic accidents