Impact of Parental Supervision on Unintentional Injuries among Under-5 Children in North India: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study.
Background: Unintentional injuries (UIs) raise the death rate of children under 5 by a considerable margin, making them a serious public health concern that may be improved by parental supervision. Measuring the effect of parental supervision on UIs among under-5 children in North India was the aim...
| Publicado en: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 161 - 166 |
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Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd
Jan/Feb2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191434176&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191434176 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09700218 1CQJ jtl: Indian Journal of Community Medicine issn: 09700218 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan/Feb2026 vid: 51 iid: 1 pid: 16919 pub: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd artinfo: ui: 191434176 191434176 191434176 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_311_24 191434176 ppf: 161 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Impact of Parental Supervision on Unintentional Injuries among Under-5 Children in North India: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study. aug: au: Singla, Priyanka Halder, Pritam Gupta, Bhupesh Mittal, Anshu affil: Department of Community Medicine, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Haryana, India sug: subj: Parents Psychosocial Factors Parental Attitudes Evaluation Accidental Injuries Prevention and Control Accidental Injuries Risk Factors Risk Assessment Human Male Female Infant, Newborn Infant Child, Preschool Adolescence Adult Cross Sectional Studies India Random Sample Questionnaires Rural Population Urban Population Accidents, Home Accidental Falls Sharps Injuries Airway Obstruction Asphyxia Nonexperimental Studies Accidents, Traffic Burns Poisoning Bites and Stings Crush Injuries Severity of Injury Activities of Daily Living In Infancy and Childhood Pain Psychosocial Factors Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Logistic Regression Employment Status Drowning Educational Status Age Factors Sex Factors Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month Infant: 1-23 months Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Background: Unintentional injuries (UIs) raise the death rate of children under 5 by a considerable margin, making them a serious public health concern that may be improved by parental supervision. Measuring the effect of parental supervision on UIs among under-5 children in North India was the aim of the study. Materials and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on a simple random sample in the field practice area of the institution from May 2019 to April 2020. Household with under-5 children was taken as a sampling unit. Parental supervisory behavior was measured using the Parent Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ). Chi-square analysis was used to assess the variation of variables across urban and rural areas. Logistic regression was done to explore the association between unintentional injuries among under-5 children and parental supervision. Results: The prevalence of UIs among under-5 children in 280 households was 96.43%, most of which were due to falls (90.71%). The prevalence of cut injury (3.03%), crush injury (2.42%), and suffocation/choking (1.21%) was higher in the rural settings. History of the previous injury was present in 237 (87.8%) subjects with an unfavorable median cutoff score of parental supervision (P value 0.011). Favorable parental supervision was a significant protective factor (odds ratio 0.052, 95% CI 0.028–0.076) given UIs in under-5 children. Conclusion: This research revealed the positive impact of parental supervision on UIs among under-5 children in both rural and urban settings of North India. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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