Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review

Pant, Puspa Raj; Towner, Elizabeth; Pilkington, Paul; Ellis, Matthew

Abstract

© 2013, © 2013 Taylor & Francis. All the 11 members of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of the World Health Organization are categorised as low- and middle-income countries. This region has over a quarter of the world's total population but comprises about one-third of the world's unintentional injury-related deaths. There is a paucity of good-quality mortality and morbidity data from most of these countries. This is the first systematic review of community-based surveys on child injuries that summarises evidence from child injury studies from the SEAR countries. The included papers reported varying estimates of overall non-fatal unintentional injury rates across the countries, from 15/1000 children in Thailand to as high as 342/1000 children in India. The fatal injury rates were also found to be varying. This review revealed a need for strengthening child injury research using standard methodologies across the region and for promoting the dissemination of the results.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Journal: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
• Print ISSN: 1745-7300
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-7319
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 24-32
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2013.842594
• Keywords: systematic review, child injury, South-East Asia, unintentional injuries
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/843834
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2013.842594