Fatal unintentional injuries among young children – A hospital based retrospective analysis

Kanchan, Tanuj; Menezes, Ritesh G.; Monteiro, Francis N.P.

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.017

Cited by 16 publications

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“…4 In southern India, burns are the number-two cause of injury-related mortalities among children, just over half of which are due to lanterns (9.3% of total injury-related mortalities) (Kanchan et al, 2009). A survey of 134 households in the Philippines found that 18% had experienced burns due to kerosene (presumably lighting plus cooking) (Planete d'Entrepreneurs, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

Identifying and reducing the health and safety impacts of fuel-based lighting

Mills

2016

Energy for Sustainable Development

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The inequity of costly and low-quality fuel-based lighting is compounded by adverse health and safety risks including burns, indoor air pollution, poisoning due to accidental ingestion of kerosene fuel by children, compromised visual health, maternal health issues, and reduced service in health facilities illuminated solely or sporadically with fuel-based lighting. This article compiles and synthesizes information on the health and safety impacts of fuel-based lighting from 135 reports spanning 33 countries. Energy efficient, off-grid lighting solutions offer the most promising and scalable means to eliminate adverse health outcomes, while lowering lighting costs and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Deployments seeking the greatest possible health benefit should target the most impacted geographical and demographic user groups. Because women and children are disproportionately impacted, improved lighting technologies for use by these groups will yield particularly significant health benefits.

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Section: Burnsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identifying and reducing the health and safety impacts of fuel-based lighting

Mills

2016

Energy for Sustainable Development

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“…Poorer families are more vulnerable and exposed to hazards in and outside the home, thus increasing vulnerability to injury among their children 6 10 12 15 18–20. In Bangladesh, poor children are 2.8 times more likely to die following injury 10.…”

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Unintentional injuries among children in resource poor settings: where do the fingers point?

Balan

Lingam

2011

Arch Dis Child

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Every year, over 875 000 children between 0 and 18 years of age die as a result of unintentional injuries (UIs), with a higher proportion occurring in low-and middleincome countries (LMICs): the WHO 2008 World Report on Child Injury Prevention shows a child UI death rate 3.4 times greater in LMICs than in high income countries (HICs) (41.7 per million vs 12.2 per million, respectively). Deaths due to injuries from drowning, burns and falls are signifi cantly higher among LMICs at 7.8, 4.3 and 2.1 per million, respectively, as compared to HICs with 1.2, 0.4 and 0.4 per million, respectively. The authors present a review of childhood UIs in LMICs undertaken to determine demographic and socioeconomic risk factors. As in industrialised settings, age, gender and social deprivation are signifi cant factors in determining UI-related vulnerability among children. However, certain patterns are unique to LMICs, including road traffi c injuries among child pedestrians, drowning and accidental paraffi n poisoning. These demand contextual understanding and the implementation of appropriate injury control measures, which are currently inadequate.

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“…Kanchan et al . ) which have reported toddlers and preschool children at a greater risk of burn injuries, and other South African burn research (e.g. Van Niekerk et al .…”

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“…); and road traffic and thermal injuries in India (Kanchan et al . ). In South Africa, almost a third of the population is younger than 15 years, with 23% of all deaths in children aged 5 to 14 years due to injury, especially pedestrian injury, passenger injury, drowning, burns and firearm‐related injury (Burrows et al .…”

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confidence: 97%