Epidemiology of Child Injuries in Uganda: Challenges for Health Policy

dc.contributor.authorHsia, Y Renee
dc.contributor.authorOzgediz, Doruk
dc.contributor.authorJayaraman, Sudha
dc.contributor.authorKyamanywa, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorMutto, Milton
dc.contributor.authorKobusingye, C Olive
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T07:19:01Z
dc.date.available2022-04-06T07:19:01Z
dc.date.issued2011-03-01
dc.description.abstractGlobally, 90%ofroad crash deaths occurin the developing world. Children in Africa bear the major part of this burden, with the highest unintentional injury rates in the world. Our study aims to better understand injury patterns among children living in Kampala, Uganda and provide evidence that injuries are significant in child health. Trauma registry records of injured children seen at Mulago Hospital in Kampala were analysed. Data were collected when patients were seen initially and included patient condition, demographics, clinical variables, cause, severity, as measured by the Kampala trauma score, and location of injury. Outcomes were captured on discharge from the casualty department and at two weeks for admitted patients. From August 2004 to August 2005, 872 injuryvisitsforchildren <18 years old were recorded. The mean age was 11 years (95% CI 10.9-11.6); 68% (95% CI 65-72%) were males; 64% were treated in casualty and discharged; 35% were admitted. The most common causes were traffic crashes (34%), falls (18%) and violence (15%). Most children (87%) were mildly injured; 1% severely injured. By two weeks, 6% of the patients admitted for injuries had died and, of these morbidities, 16% had severe injuries, 63% had moderate injuries and 21% had mild injuries. We concluded that, in Kampala,children bear a large burden of injury from preventable causes. Deaths in low severity patients highlight the need for improvements in facility based care. Further studies are necessary to capture overall child injury mortality and to measure chronic morbidity owing to sequelae of injuries.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHsia, R.Y., Ozgediz, D., Jayaraman, S., Kyamanywa, P., Mutto, M. and Kobusingye, O.C. (2011). Epidemiology of child injuries in Uganda: challenges for health policy. Journal of public health in Africa, 2(1).en_US
dc.identifier.issn2038-9922
dc.identifier.issn2038-9930
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/2908
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPage Press Publen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of public health in Africa;2(1)
dc.subjectRoad trafficen_US
dc.subjectInjuriesen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping countryen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.titleEpidemiology of Child Injuries in Uganda: Challenges for Health Policyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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