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Cross-sectional study of education and knowledge of unintentional injury prevention and postinjury response given by the parents or caregivers of children in Malvani slum area of Mumbai Suburban District, India
  1. Dattaprasad Avinash Sawant1,2,
  2. Neha Vishwas Kamble1,3
  1. 1Department of Community Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  2. 2Department of Community Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  3. 3Department of Community Medicine, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Neha Vishwas Kamble, Department of Community Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharshtra, India; neha.25.7.89{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Background Child injuries significantly impact health and development, shaping the nation’s future. With proper knowledge, parents or primary caregivers can effectively prevent, address, and treat these predictable injuries.

Methods Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 373 parents or primary caregivers of children under 14 years old in four randomly selected urban slum areas in Malwani, Mumbai Suburban District.

Results Only 30% of respondents had basic first aid knowledge, and merely 10% were aware of unintentional injuries, correlating significantly with parental literacy levels. However, most respondents demonstrated appropriate responses.

Conclusions Parental or primary caregiver knowledge and response play a critical role in mitigating unintentional child injuries. Increasing awareness among parents and primary caregivers about injuries, their impact on child development and first aid is imperative.

  • mortality
  • fall
  • child

Data availability statement

Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study. Data are avaialble on reasonable request.

https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-045119

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    Data availability statement

    Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study. Data are avaialble on reasonable request.

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors DAS served as the guarontor and collected data and wrote the manuscript. NVK wrote and reviewed the manuscript. Grammarly was used for checking grammatical errors.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer-reviewed.