Unintentional Childhood Injuries in Urban Delhi: A Community-Based Study.

Background: Childhood injuries claim around a million lives around the world each year. A community-based study on childhood injuries would provide valuable information on the epidemiology of injuries.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of unintentional childhood injuries in an urban locality and determine various sociodemo graphic factors associated with childhood injuries.

Assessment of home hazards for childhood injuries in an urban population in New Delhi.

Background: Childhood injuries, especially the unintentional category of injuries, occur most commonly in the environment inside a child's home. The primary objective of the present study was to assess the presence of home hazards for childhood injuries in households in an urban resettlement colony in New Delhi.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in an urban resettlement colony in Delhi.