Perceptions and Experiences of Caregivers on Child Injuries: A Qualitative Study from Central India.

ABSTRACT: To explore caregivers' perceptions of childhood injuries in the rural and urban areas of India, with a focus on causes, consequences, prevention, and treatment. We conducted eight focus group discussions with fifty female caregivers in rural and urban areas of Ujjain in Central India and used thematic content analysis. The caregivers identified how children injured themselves through falls, road traffic injuries, metallic nails and tool injuries, ingestions of foreign objects and poisons, burns, drowning, and suffocation. The reported consequences of injuries ranged from pain, infections, scar formation, phobia, stigma, and emotional stress to complications like physical disability, loss of eyesight, head injury, paralysis, and even death. Many caregivers blamed children and their mischiev

SUBMITTER: Pathak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9252948 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature