title: Maternal Beliefs and Socioeconomic Correlated Factors on Child Mortality from Drowning in Caspian Sea Coastline.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate maternal beliefs, practices about causes and determinant factors on drowning and maternal socioeconomic correlated factors on child mortality from drowning.
  
  
  METHODS
  From March 2005 to March 2009, in a register-based cohort study and household survey, individual records utilizing drowning registry data of northern Iran were enrolled.   Mothers (n=276) who responded to multiple questions in a household survey were included. The patterns, interrelationships and effects of socioeconomic correlated factors on child mortality were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant difference in relation to mother's educational level and age and family income distribution was noticed. Participants in household survey also reported that establishment of a multi-sectorial collaboration, integration of public health messages into local television, additional rescue stations and lifeguard, hazard environment fencing, increasing adult supervision, more support on increasing swimming ability among the children were all effective on reducing of drowning death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Due to the high rate of drowning in children and lack of attention among olders, a greater emphasis should be placed on educating mothers to assist a better supervision on their children.
authors.affiliation: Guilan Road Trauma Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Science, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davoudi-Kiakalayeh
authors.affiliation: Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Science, Karolinska Institutet, Norrbacka, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Guilan Road Trauma Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Science, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahrokh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yousefzade-Chabok
keywords: Child; Drowning; Iran; Maternal; Socioeconomic