Open AccessCommunity Based Assessment of Unintentional Injuries in a Community Development Block of Purba Bardhaman District, West Bengal
Author(s) -
Bengal Soumyaneel Das,
Rabindra N. Roy,
Dilip Kumar Das,
Amartya Chakraborty,
Raston Mondal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ethiopian journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2413-7170
pISSN - 1029-1857
DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.10
Subject(s) - medicine , checklist , environmental health , epidemiology , logistic regression , occupational safety and health , poison control , injury prevention , population , public health , suicide prevention , cross sectional study , psychological intervention , psychiatry , nursing , psychology , pathology , cognitive psychology
Injuries are a focus of public health practice because they pose a serious health threat and are preventable. Currently, injury accounts for 14% of all Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) losses for the world's entire population. In India, unintentional injuries within the home environment have not so far been recognized to the same extent as traffic and work-related injuries among all age groups. With this background, a community based epidemiological study was conducted with the aim to find out the prevalence and epidemiology of unintentional injuries.