When observing the injury-related admissions, fall is the most common cause of injury contributing 48% of all cases. Injuries arising for inanimate causes (e.g, being pinched between doors or struck by objects and foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice) and unintentional poisoning were contributing 26% and 4% of all preschool admissions due to injury. These three factors alone contributing about 80% of injury-related admissions. Preschool children were particularly vulnerable to all these causes.
The national figures also presented that injury and poisoning is the leading cause of death in paediatric population, especially in preschool age (Craig et al., 2013; Ministry of Health, 1998). For preschool age, non-transport injuries such as accidental falls, poisoning and thermal injuries (electricity, fire and burns) were common cause of accident-related admissions and mortality in New Zealand (Craig et al., 2013). New Zealand data between 1989 and 2000 …show more content…
It was developed in 1970. This matrix looks how personal, agent and physical and social factors are attributing before, during and after an injury. It is useful to understand the pre-event, event and post-event characteristics of the children and their physical and social environments. By understanding the key characteristics and circumstances surrounding the injury events, effective public health actions can bring reduction injury rate in the targeted population (Craig et al., 2010). As a part of the reviewing the evidence of preventing home based injuries in preschool population, the University of Otago reviewed the surrounding circumstances related to accidental poisoning and thermal injuries (burns and scalds). However, the review did not report the injury conditions due to falls and inanimate mechanical forces although they were most common causes of the preschool injuries that required
The national figures also presented that injury and poisoning is the leading cause of death in paediatric population, especially in preschool age (Craig et al., 2013; Ministry of Health, 1998). For preschool age, non-transport injuries such as accidental falls, poisoning and thermal injuries (electricity, fire and burns) were common cause of accident-related admissions and mortality in New Zealand (Craig et al., 2013). New Zealand data between 1989 and 2000 …show more content…
It was developed in 1970. This matrix looks how personal, agent and physical and social factors are attributing before, during and after an injury. It is useful to understand the pre-event, event and post-event characteristics of the children and their physical and social environments. By understanding the key characteristics and circumstances surrounding the injury events, effective public health actions can bring reduction injury rate in the targeted population (Craig et al., 2010). As a part of the reviewing the evidence of preventing home based injuries in preschool population, the University of Otago reviewed the surrounding circumstances related to accidental poisoning and thermal injuries (burns and scalds). However, the review did not report the injury conditions due to falls and inanimate mechanical forces although they were most common causes of the preschool injuries that required