title: Community-Based Study on Family-Related Contributory Factors for Childhood Unintentional Injuries in an Urban Setting of Sri Lanka.
abstract: A community-based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among children aged 1 to 4 years residing in an urban setting of Sri Lanka to assess the incidence and associated family-related factors of unintentional injuries. A total of 458 children were recruited using simple random sampling technique, giving a response rate of 91.6%. The incidence of unintentional injuries that needed medical attention during the study period of 3 months was 28.1 per 100 children (95% CI = 19.46-36.74). The factors that were significantly associated with the occurrence of unintentional injuries among children are low monthly income of the family (P = .045), low social support to the mother of index child (P = .022), nonauthoritative type of parenting of the mother of index child (P = .039), cared by person other than mother during day time (P = .002), frequent arguments between parents (P = .004), and frequent alcohol consumption of father (P = .001).
authors.affiliation: Health Education Bureau, Colombo, Sri Lanka dhanushahp@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Dhanusha
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Punyadasa
authors.affiliation: British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samarakkody
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: child health; child survival; injury prevention; noncommunicable diseases