Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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To use a range of existing information sources to develop a national snapshot of the burden of road traffic injuries in one developing country-Iran. ⋯ Reliable estimates of the burden of road traffic injuries are an essential input for rational priority setting. Most low income countries are unlikely to have national injury surveillance systems for several decades. Thus national estimates of the burden of injuries should be built by collating information from all existing information sources by appropriately correcting for source specific shortcomings.
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Injuries are the leading cause of public hospital admission in Sri Lanka. Data on injury epidemiology to plan prevention programmes to reduce injury burden are not readily available. ⋯ Nearly one in four people reported non-fatal injury; the majority sought medical attention in this population. It is important to utilise injury epidemiology to develop and implement interventions to reduce the burden of injuries in the population and on the hospitals in Sri Lanka.
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Multicenter Study
Injury surveillance: unrealistic expectations of safe communities.
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Multicenter Study
Analysis of the childhood fatal drowning situation in Bangladesh: exploring prevention measures for low-income countries.
To determine the epidemiology of child drowning in order to propose possible interventions for Bangladesh and other similar low-income countries. ⋯ Drowning is a major cause of childhood mortality in Bangladesh. Creating drowning-safe homes, improving supervision of children, modifying the environment, and developing water safety skills for children and the community may be effective interventions for drowning prevention.
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Review Comparative Study
Distribution of road traffic deaths by road user group: a global comparison.
Road traffic deaths are a major global health and development problem. An understanding of the existing burden of road traffic deaths in the population is necessary for developing effective interventions. ⋯ Ameliorating road safety requires the implementation of context-specific solutions. This review of the road traffic injury literature provides strong evidence that the distribution of road traffic fatalities varies dramatically across different parts of the world. Therefore, context-appropriate and effective prevention strategies that protect the particular at-risk road user groups should be carefully investigated.