Objective: To determine the prevalence of unintentional injuries and its associated factors among under-five children in Rural Delhi.
Methods: This community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Pooth Khurd village of Delhi during 2018 among under-five children and their care givers. Primary caregivers of the child in the randomly selected households were interviewed using a semi-structured pretested questionnaire. Data related to unintentional injuries in past 12 months and its associated factors were collected.
Results: Unintentional injuries were prevalent in 29.3% (95% CI: 25.8-32.9) of the 650 under-five children included. Male children had 1.4 times increased prevalence of injuries (aPR=1.4, 95% CI: 1.1-1.7). As the age increases from 2 years to 5 years the prevalence of injuries increased constantly from 29% to 50%. The prevalence of unintentional injuries was significantly higher among children of working mothers (aPR=1.7, 95% CI: 1.4-2.1), family with more than 3 children (aPR=1.6, 95% CI:1.1-2.4), household without a separate kitchen (aPR=1.6, 95% CI:1.2-2.2) and household with inadequate lighting (aPR=1.8, 95% CI:1.4-2.3).
Conclusions: The factors significantly associated with unintentional injuries were male gender, higher age of the children, maternal occupation, increased number of children in the family, not having a separate kitchen and inadequate lighting.
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