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Table 3 Household-based suggestions about activities that can be undertaken by various actors in order to control and prevent injuries

From: Unintentional injuries in the rural population of Twiserkan, Iran: A cross-sectional study on their incidence, characteristics and preventability

 

All

Traffic

Fall

Burn

 

no. household=117

no. household=56

no. household=35

no. household=8

People's opinions/suggestions

% suggestions

(% households)

% suggestions

(% households)

% suggestions

(% households)

Number

Authorities

    

Engineering/building (infrastructure/signalization/product)

31.1 (48.7)

37.4 (60.7)

34.8 (45.7)

1

Provision of daily services (accessibility/availability)

19.7 (30.8)

19.8 (32.1)

19.6 (25.7)

3

Financial support

12.0 (18.8)

7.7 (12.5)

23.9 (31.4)

-

Enforcement

10.4 (16.2)

12.1 (19.6)

6.5 (8.6)

1

Provision of emergency services (accessibility/availability)

8.7 (13.7)

5.5 (8.9)

6.5 (8.6)

5

Education

8.2 (12.8)

8.8 (14.3)

4.3 (5.7)

1

Maintenance/repair

7.7 (12.0)

8.8 (14.3)

2.2 (2.9)

1

Other

2.2 (3.4)

-

2.2 (2.9)

-

Total number of suggestions

183

91

46

12

Behvarzes

    

Instruction/education/information

62.4 (58.1)

69.4 (60.7)

63.3 (54.3)

3

Post trauma care (health house/home visit)

16.5 (15.4)

14.3 (12.5)

13.3 (11.4)

1

Availability/accessibility of Behvarz all day round/drug and equipment of health house

10.1 (9.4)

10.2 (8.9)

10.0 (8.6)

1

As good as it can be

9.2 (8.5)

4.1 (3.6)

13.3 (11.4)

1

Other (Insist on of financial support by authorities and pass people's problem to them)

1.8 (1.7)

2.0 (1.8)

-

1

Total number of suggestions

109

49

30

7

People

    

Behave in a safe manner

34.1 (37.6)

35 (37.5)

30.0 (34.3)

3

Cooperation together

18.6 (20.5)

13.3 (14.3)

20.0 (22.9)

3

Cooperation (with authorities)

17.8 (19.7)

20.0 (21.4)

20.0 (22.9)

1

Compliance

12.4 (13.7)

18.3 (19.6)

7.5 (8.6)

-

Engineering/building

8.5 (9.4)

3.3 (3.6)

17.5 (20.0)

1

Education (pay attention to planned education for them and/or pass to their children)

8.5 (9.4)

10.0 (10.7)

5 (5.7)

1

Total number of suggestions

129

60

40

9