TY - JOUR
T1 - Costs of unintentional injuries among children in an urban slum community in Kampala city, Uganda
AU - Mukama, Trasias
AU - Ssemugabo, Charles
AU - Ali Halage, Abdullah
AU - Gibson, Dustin G.
AU - Paichadze, Nino
AU - Ndejjo, Rawlance
AU - Ssempebwa, John
AU - Kobusingye, Olive
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (Chronic Consequences of Trauma, Injuries, Disability Across the Lifespan: Uganda) [grant number D43TW009284].
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PY - 2019/4/3
Y1 - 2019/4/3
N2 - Unintentional injuries cause deaths, disabilities, productivity and financial losses and disproportionately affect children in low-income settings yet their cost remains under studied. This study determined the household out-of-pocket expenditure and missed school attendance due to unintentional childhood injuries in a Ugandan slum. We used a cross-sectional household survey design. Data were collected on occurrence and associated costs of unintentional injuries during a one-year period from July 2014 to June 2015. A total of 706 (44.7%) children who had suffered from injuries were reported in the one year period. More male children (N = 415, 58.7%) suffered injuries than females (N = 291, 41.2%). The average out-of-pocket expenditure on treating an injury was US $24.1 [standard deviation (SD) = ±$62.8] and mean school days lost were 25 days (SD = ±51.8). Road traffic injuries (RTIs) resulted in higher costs [mean difference was US $51.1 (95% CI: $11.4–$90.8)] compared to injuries that, for example, occurred at school. In a Ugandan slum community, unintentional childhood injuries resulted in high out-of-pocket expenditures and missed school attendance. The costs varied widely depending on external causes of the injury. These findings highlight the need to invest in population level injury prevention interventions to reduce injury costs by households.
AB - Unintentional injuries cause deaths, disabilities, productivity and financial losses and disproportionately affect children in low-income settings yet their cost remains under studied. This study determined the household out-of-pocket expenditure and missed school attendance due to unintentional childhood injuries in a Ugandan slum. We used a cross-sectional household survey design. Data were collected on occurrence and associated costs of unintentional injuries during a one-year period from July 2014 to June 2015. A total of 706 (44.7%) children who had suffered from injuries were reported in the one year period. More male children (N = 415, 58.7%) suffered injuries than females (N = 291, 41.2%). The average out-of-pocket expenditure on treating an injury was US $24.1 [standard deviation (SD) = ±$62.8] and mean school days lost were 25 days (SD = ±51.8). Road traffic injuries (RTIs) resulted in higher costs [mean difference was US $51.1 (95% CI: $11.4–$90.8)] compared to injuries that, for example, occurred at school. In a Ugandan slum community, unintentional childhood injuries resulted in high out-of-pocket expenditures and missed school attendance. The costs varied widely depending on external causes of the injury. These findings highlight the need to invest in population level injury prevention interventions to reduce injury costs by households.
KW - Unintentional injury
KW - economic costs
KW - prevention and slum community
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U2 - 10.1080/17457300.2018.1515228
DO - 10.1080/17457300.2018.1515228
M3 - Article
C2 - 30251588
AN - SCOPUS:85053881606
SN - 1745-7300
VL - 26
SP - 129
EP - 136
JO - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
JF - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
IS - 2
ER -