Author(s)

Asif Khaliq¹,   Amreen², Shahroz Siddiqui³, Ghulam Mujtaba Nasir⁴

¹Baqai Institute of Health Sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
²Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
³Department of Pharmacy Services, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁴Ministry of Health-Qassim, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

To assess the frequencies and factors of domestic injuries among children aged less than 5 years. This is a cross sectional study, in which parents who have child less than 5 years of age were targeted. A total of 246 participants had provided satisfactory information and they were approached by non-probability purposive sampling technique from January 2016 to June 2016. The data was entered in Excel and then imported to SPSS 19.0 for inferential analysis. In this study, 89.8% (n = 221) mothers and 10.2% (n = 25) father who had participated. 52.08% (n = 123) parents were from joint family. The different types of domestic injuries faced by children were fall (52%), sharp cut (36%), and burn (31%) and Temporary fever, rashes and scratches were the most common consequence of domestic injury as experienced by 57% children. No any significant difference (p > 0.05) in the storage practices of different household hazardous item was observed among the parents living in joint and nuclear family system. Protecting children from domestic injury is a multi-dimensional approach. It needs parent’s education, manufacturer guidance, Government regulation and joint community efforts for proper and safe storage of household items. These measures will aid in reducing the burden of childhood domestic injuries.

Domestic, Injuries, Children, Under 5, Karachi

Khaliq, A. , Amreen,  . , Siddiqui, S. and Nasir, G. (2017) Assessment of Childhood Domestic Injuries among Joint and Nuclear Families of Karachi. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 5, 50-59. doi: 10.4236/jss.2017.52006.