RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How do public health practitioners in China perceive injury prevention? A survey
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 196
OP 199
DO 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040724
VO 20
IS 3
A1 Aichun Tan
A1 XiaoTao Zhang
A1 Susan P Baker
A1 Guoqing Hu
YR 2014
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/20/3/196.abstract
AB To report public health practitioners’ perceptions of injury prevention in Changsha, China. We undertook a cross-sectional study at Changsha, Hunan, China. An anonymous self-reported survey was conducted to ascertain the proportion of respondents who answered negatively to questions about the value of injury prevention. Over 20% of respondents answered ‘unpreventable’ or ‘don't know’ to whether injuries from natural environmental disaster, homicide/assault, poisoning, animal bite, cut/pierce, suffocation and electric current were preventable. More than 40% of respondents answered ‘no’ or ‘don't know’ to whether the prevention of injuries from homicide/assault, cut/pierce, fall, suicide/self-harm, drowning, road traffic crash and fire/burn belonged to the job of public health. Only 48% of respondents supported building a division/office within the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions at all levels. Many public health practitioners in Changsha had misperception about injury prevention. Education and training are needed to correct their misperception.