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Department of Emergency Medicine
Unintentional injuries; home injuries; children; accidents; trauma; home visits;
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Disseminating Childhood Home Injury Risk Reduction Information In Pakistan: Results From A Community-Based Pilot Study, Aruna Chandran, Uzma Rahim Khan, Nukhba Zia, Asher Feroze, Sarah Stewart De Ramirez, Cheng-Ming Huang, Junaid A. Razzak, Adnan A. Hyder
Disseminating Childhood Home Injury Risk Reduction Information In Pakistan: Results From A Community-Based Pilot Study, Aruna Chandran, Uzma Rahim Khan, Nukhba Zia, Asher Feroze, Sarah Stewart De Ramirez, Cheng-Ming Huang, Junaid A. Razzak, Adnan A. Hyder
Department of Emergency Medicine
Background: Most childhood unintentional injuries occur in the home; however, very little home injury prevention information is tailored to developing countries. Utilizing our previously developed information dissemination tools and a hazard assessment checklist tailored to a low-income neighborhood in Pakistan, we pilot tested and compared the effectiveness of two dissemination tools.
Methods: Two low-income neighborhoods were mapped, identifying families with a child aged between 12 and 59 months. In June and July 2010, all enrolled households underwent a home hazard assessment at the same time hazard reduction education was being given using an in-home tutorial or a pamphlet. …