Epidemiological Characteristics of Falls from the National Injury Surveillance System - China, 2019-2022.

Introduction: This study describes and analyzes the distribution of fall cases documented in the National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) from 2019 to 2022.

Methods: Fall data from the NISS (2019-2022) were descriptively analyzed by gender and age.

Results: The NISS in China reported 2,324,577 fall cases from 2019 to 2022.

Novel Porcine Getah Virus from Diarrheal Piglets in Jiangxi Province, China: Prevalence, Genome Sequence, and Pathogenicity.

Getah virus (GETV) is a mosquito-borne virus belonging to the genus in the family . Its infection poses an increasing threat to animals and public health in China. In this study, an epidemiological survey of GETV on 46 pig farms in Jiangxi Province, China, was performed; GETV isolation and characterization were carried out, including a complete sequence determination and phylogenetic analysis; and pathogenicity of the GETV was experimentally investigated by inoculating newborn piglets with the isolated GETV strain.

Burden of unintentional drowning in China from 1990 to 2019 and exposure to water: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study.

Background: Drowning is an important contributor to the burden of deaths in China. Exposure to open water is a risk factor for drowning, but few studies quantify its impact on drowning. The purpose of this study was to provide an up-to-date analysis of unintentional drowning in China, including impact of exposure to open water.

Heatwaves increase road traffic injury morbidity risk and burden in China and its provinces.

Previous studies have demonstrated health impacts of climate change, but evidence on heatwaves' associations with road traffic injury (RTI) is limited. In this study, individual information of RTI cases in May-September during 2006-2021 in China were obtained from the National Injury Surveillance System. Daily maximum temperatures (TM) during 2006-2021 were collected from the ERA-5 reanalysis, and the projected daily TM during 2020-2099 were obtained from the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 Shared Socioeconomic Pathways scenarios (SSPs).

A scoping review of national policies for child road injury in China.

Unlabelled: There has been limited examination of child road injury policies. This study aims to systematically characterize national policies relevant to child road safety in China over the past two decades and identify potential gaps based on the WHO child road safety framework. As a scoping review, this study searched for national policies for child road safety on the websites of government agencies.

Associations of ambient temperature with the CO poisoning risk in China.

Although studies have explored the relationship between temperature and CO poisoning, the results are not consistent, and there is still a lack of early warning criteria of temperature related to CO poisoning. In order to comprehensively study the exposure-response relationship between daily average temperature and CO poisoning, and to further explore the early warning criteria of temperature related to CO poisoning, we used daily cases of CO poisoning in 31 National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) surveillance sites in seven administrative geographical regions of China and daily meteorological data obtained from the China Meteorological Science Data Sharing Service Platform from 2009 to 2019 to do the analysis. Daily meteorological data of 698 weather stations across China were interpolated at a 0.

Using a participatory design to develop an implementation framework for integrating falls prevention for older people within the Chinese primary health care system.

Background: Chinese National Essential Public Health Service Package (NEPHSP) has mandated primary health care providers to provide falls prevention for community-dwelling older people. But no implementation framework is available to guide better integration of falls prevention for older people within the primary health care system.

Methods: This is a two-stage online participatory design study consisting of eight workshops with stakeholders from three purposively selected cities.

Housing Environmental Factors Driving Falls Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A National Cohort Study.

Background And Objectives: Housing is one of the main places where falls occur; however, few studies have examined housing environmental factors driving fall risk. This study aimed to explore the associations between housing environmental factors and falls in China.

Research Design And Methods: The study included data of middle-aged and older adults aged ≥45 years from 4 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

Unintentional Drowning Mortality Among Individuals Under Age 20 - China, 2013-2021.

Introduction: This study seeks to elucidate the evolving trend and identify disparities among subgroups in the mortality rate due to unintentional drowning in individuals under the age of 20 from the timeframe of 2013 to 2021 in China.

Methods: Data retrieved from the National Mortality Surveillance System served as a foundation for estimating the unintentional drowning mortality rate. The inadvertent drowning mortality rate for individuals below the age of 20 was computed, differentiated by categorization groups such as age, gender, areas, and regions within each given year.

Characteristics of Poisoning Cases Admitted to Outpatient and Emergency Department - China, 2019.

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Poisoning constitutes a significant cause of mortality among individuals aged 1 to 44 in China. Nonetheless, the epidemiological understanding of poisoning incidents within emergency departments remains fragmented across the region.

What Is Added By This Report?: In 2019, the NISS recorded 31,382 cases of poisoning, predominantly among males (62.

Effectiveness of Group-Based Interventions for Fall Prevention Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults - 7 Regions, 6 PLADs, China, 2019-2020.

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Many of the current studies focusing on fall prevention interventions have been conducted in hospital settings within a select few urban areas in China, thus yielding limited evidence on the effectiveness of large-scale, multicenter, community-based interventions.

What Is Added By This Report?: In comparison to the control group, participants in the intervention group exhibited a 64% reduction in fall risk. Group-based fall prevention programs have demonstrated efficacy in mitigating fall risk among the elderly population.

Protein kinase ATR inhibits E3 ubiquitin ligase CRL4 to stabilize ribonucleotide reductase in response to replication stress.

The protein kinase ATR is essential for replication stress responses in all eukaryotes. Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyzes the formation of deoxyribonucleotide (dNTP), the universal building block for DNA replication and repair. However, the relationship between ATR and RNR is not well understood.

Development of a core dataset for child injury surveillance: a modified Delphi study in China.

Background: Understanding the occurrence and severity of child injuries is the cornerstone of preventing child injuries. Currently, there is no standardized child injury surveillance dataset in China.

Methods: Multistage consultation by a panel of Chinese experts in child injury to determine items to include in the core dataset (CDS) was performed.

World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative.

Background: falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health related costs. Current guidelines are inconsistent, with no up-to-date, globally applicable ones present.

Objectives: to create a set of evidence- and expert consensus-based falls prevention and management recommendations applicable to older adults for use by healthcare and other professionals that consider: (i) a person-centred approach that includes the perspectives of older adults with lived experience, caregivers and other stakeholders; (ii) gaps in previous guidelines; (iii) recent developments in e-health and (iv) implementation across locations with limited access to resources such as low- and middle-income countries.

Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of Falls Prevention Programs in Primary Health Care Settings in China.

Importance: Falls have become a major public health issue in China with population aging. Although falls prevention for older community-dwelling people has been included in the National Essential Public Health Service Package since 2009, there is limited understanding of the implementation of this program.

Objective: To identify the associated factors and provide recommendations to inform the better implementation of falls prevention in the Chinese primary health care system.

Body pain and functional disability predict falls in Chinese older adults: a population-based cohort study.

Background: Falls are major health care concerns for older adults. Pain is associated with increased falls in older adults. However, the impact of pain on functional disability and how this might predispose Chinese older adults to fall is unclear.

Are there joint effects of different air pollutants and meteorological factors on mental disorders? A machine learning approach.

Exposure to air pollutants is considered to be associated with mental disorders (MD). Few studies have addressed joint effect of multiple air pollutants and meteorological factors on admissions of MD. We examined the association between multiple air pollutants (PM, PM, O, SO, and NO), meteorological factors (temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, and sunshine time), and MD risk in Yancheng, China.

The relationship between ambient temperatures and road traffic injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Traffic accidents cause considerable economic losses and injuries. Although the adverse effects of a change in ambient temperatures on human health have been widely documented, its effects on road traffic safety are still debated. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to synthesize available data on the association between ambient temperature and the risks of road traffic accidents (RTAs) and traffic accident injuries (TAIs).

Burden of falls among people aged 60 years and older in mainland China, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Background: Falls in older people have become a major public health concern worldwide, but a comprehensive assessment of the burden of falls for older people in mainland China has not been done. We aimed to investigate the burden of falls among older people at the national and subnational level in mainland China, and explore the trends from 1990 to 2019, using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.

Method: Using data from GBD 2019, we estimated the burden of falls among people aged 60 years and older by sex and age group in terms of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) rates and assessed these indicators at the subnational level in 31 geographical units (hereafter called provinces).

Characteristics of Falls Among Older People - China, 2018.

Summary: The incidence of falls among older people is 20.7% in China. Falls are the top cause for death from injuries in people aged 65 years and above, and mortality rates increase with age in China.

A Scoping Review of National Policies for Healthy Ageing in Mainland China from 2016 to 2020.

There remains limited literature to facilitate understanding of healthy ageing-related policies in China over the last five-year policy planning cycle. This study aims to characterise all relevant policies and identifies the policy gaps from a health system perspective. A scoping review framework was used.

Causes and Characteristics of Children Unintentional Injuries in Emergency Department and Its Implications for Prevention.

Child unintentional injuries have become a hot topic worldwide, and substantial regional disparities existed in causes and characteristics. To date, limited data are available to investigate the causes and characteristics of child unintentional injuries from hospitals for children in China. A cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2017 and December 2018 in Shanghai, China.

Effects of ambient temperature and fall-related injuries in Ma'anshan, Anhui Province, China: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis.

Despite the significant economic cost of falls and injuries to individuals and communities, little is known about the impact of meteorological factors on the incidence of fall-related injuries (FRIs). Therefore, a time-series study was conducted to explore the effects of meteorological factors on FRIs in Ma'anshan City, East China. Injury data from 2011 to 2017 were collected from the National Injury Monitoring Station in Ma'anshan City.

New horizons in falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative.

Background: falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects both on quality of life and functional independence and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health care costs. Current clinical approaches and advice from falls guidelines vary substantially between countries and settings, warranting a standardised approach. At the first World Congress on Falls and Postural Instability in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in December 2019, a worldwide task force of experts in falls in older adults, committed to achieving a global consensus on updating clinical practice guidelines for falls prevention and management by incorporating current and emerging evidence in falls research.