Unintentional home-related injuries in the Islamic Republic of Iran: findings from the first year of a national programme

Domestic Injuries among Children Under 7 Years of Age in Iran; The Baseline Results from the Iranian First Registry

“…Despite being neglected, the highest risky groups in terms of burns are babies, small child and preschoolers [22]. In our study, burn wounds followed by cuts and lacerations had the highest rate of injuries among children less than 7 years of age in all age groups and included 58% of trauma victims in Iran .Our findings are in agreement with other Iranian studies about home injuries, Mohammadi et al study showed that totally, 79723 unintentional home-related injuries were reported in Iran, with at first, burns (49%) and then lacerations/cuts by sharp instruments (30%) [8] Conventional types of injuries are burns which the most severe types are often seen in the both acute and chronic diseases [23]. Children burns lead to increase in hospitalization rate compared with other injuries that imposes high costs to society [24].…”

“…It is perhaps due to the fact that kids at this age (1 year) begin to walk and have no sense of dangers. More serious injuries, that include 66% of total injuries, happen at homes [8]. A hypothesis behind high rate of injuries in children at home is that they spend a considerable amount of time at home at this age.…”

“…Hence, traffic and environment related injuries are examined; occurring injuries at home have remained neglected. It is clear that Iran is a middle-income country like many countries however some preventive policies are not applied [8]. The aim of the current study was to investigate epidemiological aspects of injuries among Iranian children under 7 years of age using obtained data from a national registry.…”

Acidentes por quedas, cortes e queimaduras em crianças de 0-4 anos: coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 2004

“…The higher incidence in boys has also been reported by other authors 9,10,11,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 . The reasons for the difference between sexes are not clear.…”

“…In Chicago (1994-1998), of treatments in emergency departments, falls showed the highest incidence of accidents in children 0-4 years 26 . According to Mohammadi et al 10 , using data from emergency departments in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the most frequent accidents were burns, cuts, and falls, in that order.…”