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Titel
Unintentional Injuries among School-Aged Children in Palestine: Findings from the National Study of Palestinian Schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2006)
Ist Teil von
  • International journal of population research, 2013, Vol.2013, p.1-7
Ort / Verlag
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
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EZB Free E-Journals
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  • Purpose. This study describes the nonfatal injuries among adolescents in Palestine. Methods. The 2006 Palestinian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-sectional survey. Students of grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 completed a modified version of the international HBSC questionnaire, resulting in 15,963 students (47.3% boys and 52.7% girls) included in this study (56.9% from the West Bank and 43.1% from Gaza). Results. Of the total 15,963 adolescents, 47.6% were injured, with boys (53.5%) being statistically higher than girls (42.1%) (P<0.001). The prevalence of those injured more than once decreased by age and was also found significantly higher in boys than in girls (27.3% and 17.9%, resp.) (P<0.001). Children living in low FAS families showed significantly lower ratios of injuries than those living in moderate and high FAS families (P<0.001). Injuries while biking were significantly higher among boys (46.3%) than girls (41.7%) (P<0.001), and injuries while walking/running were more prevalent among girls (32.5%) than boys (28.0%) (P<0.001). Conclusion. Despite these considerably high rates, injury remains relatively underappreciated. Results of this study are useful to develop a national injury prevention program aimed at enhancing the safety of Palestinian adolescents.
Sprache
Englisch
Identifikatoren
ISSN: 2090-4029, 2090-4037
eISSN: 2090-4037
DOI: 10.1155/2013/629159
Titel-ID: cdi_crossref_primary_10_1155_2013_629159

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