Childhood Unintentional Injuries: Need for a Community-Based Home Injury Risk Assessments in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Adnan A. Hyder (Author), Aruna Chandran (Author), Uzma Rahim Khan (Author), Nukhba Zia (Author), Cheng-Ming Huang (Author), Sarah Stewart de Ramirez (Author), Junaid Razzak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. A substantial proportion of the annual 875,000 childhood unintentional injury deaths occur in the home. Very few printed tools are available in South Asia for disseminating home injury prevention information. Methods. Three tools were planned: an injury hazard assessment tool appropriate...