title: Assessment of home hazards for childhood injuries in an urban population in New Delhi.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Childhood injuries, especially the unintentional category of injuries, occur most commonly in the environment inside a child's home. The primary objective of the present study was to assess the presence of home hazards for childhood injuries in households in an urban resettlement colony in New Delhi.
  
  
  METHODS
  A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in an urban resettlement colony in Delhi. A hazards assessment tool was used to check the presence of hazards in the houses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 225 households were included. It was seen that121 (53.7%) had a cooking stove within the reach of the child, and 190 (84.3%) had the gas pipe within reach. Fire hazard was seen in 84% of houses. About 78% of households did not have locked storage for chemicals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study revealed a significant burden of hazards for childhood injuries within their own homes, thus emphasizing the need for injury prevention interventions to reduce the number of hazards.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Parmeswaran
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalaivani
authors.affiliation: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.affiliation: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nongkynrih
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006798:Housing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011050:Policy Making; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: childhood injuries; home hazards; urban