Daniel C. Schroeder, Federico Semeraro, Robert Greif, Janet Bray et al.
BACKGROUND: Basic life support education for schoolchildren has become a key initiative to increase bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation rates. Our objective was to review the existing literature on teaching schoolchildren basic life support to identify the best practices to provide basic life su...
Olakunle Alonge, Priyanka Agrawal, Abu Talab, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: 90% of the global burden of injuries is borne by low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, details of the injury burden in LMICs are less clear because of the scarcity of data and population-based studies. The Saving of Lives from Drowning project, implemented in rural Ban...
Aminur Rahman, S. Giashuddin, Leif Svanström, Fazlur Rahman
This study was intended to estimate the magnitude and explore the determinants of childhood drowning in rural Bangladesh. A cross-sectional survey as well as a population-based case - control study was conducted. By multistage cluster sampling 51 147 children aged 1 - 4 years were identified from 10...
Hussain Yusuf, Halida H. Akhter, Hafizur Rahman, Mahbub-E-Elahi K Chowdhury et al.
Background Few studies have examined injury-related deaths among women in Bangladesh. We did a case-finding study to identify causes and the impact of intentional and unintentional injury-related deaths among women aged 10-50 years in Bangladesh. Methods Between 1996 and 1997, health care and other ...
M.E. Bailey, Hari Krishna Raju Sagiraju, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Hasanat Alamgir
Globally, burns are among some of the most devastating injuries and account for more than 265,000 deaths worldwide. In Bangladesh alone, nearly 3000 people die annually from burn-related injuries. This study was conducted at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, Bangladesh in ...
Catherine J. Bradshaw, Ashwath Bandi, Zahid Muktar, Muhammad Abul Hasan et al.
OBJECTIVES: Trauma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The literature on paediatric trauma epidemiology in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited. This study aims to gather epidemiological data on paediatric trauma. METHODS: This is a multicentre prospective coh...
Ronald A. Schoenenberger, Walter E. Haefeli, P Weiss, R Ritz
<h3>Background</h3> Burn is a major cause of childhood injury-related morbidity and mortality. Global estimates suggest that 90% of all cases occur in low-income and middle-income countries and over half of the disability-adjusted life-years are lost from fire-related burns in children. In Banglades...
Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Ashikur Rahman, Tabassum Khan, Mithila Faruque et al.
Objective To assess the burden of road traffic injury (RTI) in primary and secondary level hospitals in Bangladesh, and its economic impact on affected families. Study design Cross-sectional study. Methods The study was carried out in February and March 2001. To estimate the burden of RTI patients a...
Aminur Rahman, Olakunle Alonge, Al-Amin Bhuiyan, Priyanka Agrawal et al.
Over one-quarter of deaths among 1-4 year-olds in Bangladesh were due to drowning in 2003, and the proportion increased to 42% in 2011. This study describes the current burden and risk factors for drowning across all demographics in rural Bangladesh. A household survey was carried out in 51 union pa...
David L. Mowat, Feng Wang, William Pickett, Robert J. Brison
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk for injury associated with environmental hazards in public playgrounds. SETTING: One hundred and seventeen playgrounds operated by municipalities or school boards in and around Kingston, Ontario, Canada. METHODS: A regional surveillance database was used to identify ...
Mohammad Nasim, Md. Jahid Hasan, Ugo Galvanetto
Kelli L. Cain, Jo Salmon, Terry L. Conway, Ester Cerin et al.
INTRODUCTION: Only international studies can provide the full variability of built environments and accurately estimate effect sizes of relations between contrasting environments and health-related outcomes. The aims of the International Physical Activity and Environment Study of Adolescents (IPEN A...
Rongbin Xu, Tingting Ye, Wenzhong Huang, Xu Yue et al.
BACKGROUND Landscape fire-sourced (LFS) air pollution is an increasing public health concern in the context of climate change. However, little is known about the attributable global, regional, and national mortality burden related to LFS air pollution. METHODS We calculated country-specific populati...
Hamed Al-Reesi, Abdullah Al Maniri, Kai Plankermann, Mustafa Al Hinai et al.
BACKGROUND There is a well developed literature on research investigating the relationship between various driving behaviors and road crash involvement. However, this research has predominantly been conducted in developed economies dominated by western types of cultural environments. To date no rese...
Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Altaf Ur Rahman, Salim Mahmud Chowdhury, S. Giashuddin et al.
Objective To assess the burden of burn injury in primary and secondary hospitals in Bangladesh, and how these costs are reflected as social and economic burdens in the community. Study design Cross-sectional study. Methods A direct method was adopted to estimate the cost of burn injury, which involv...