TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - An investigation into perception of preventability of injuries and knowledge needs on injury prevention among 684 among undergraduates of a university
JO  - Wei Sheng Yan Jiu
A1  - He, Xiang
A1  - Zhang, Xiaotao
A1  - Tan, Aichun
A1  - He, Qiong
A1  - Chen, Tianmu
A1  - Tian, Danping
A1  - Huang, Yuanxiu
A1  - Dong, Jing
A1  - Gao, Lin
A1  - Hu, Ming
A1  - Hu, Guoqing
SP  - 92
EP  - 94
VL  - 42
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the perception of the preventability of injury and needs on injury prevention knowledge among undergraduates. METHODS: Stratified sampling and cluster sampling were used to select undergraduate students from 12 classes of three specialized fields of Central South University. A survey was carried out to understand beliefs of the preventability of injuries and knowledge needs on injury prevention. RESULTS: Over 80% of students believed that drowning (605/684), road traffic injuries (601/684), burns and suicide/self-harm (591/684) are most preventable, while merely 59.6% (408/684) and 56.4% (386/684) of students considered cut/pierce and homicide/assault most preventable. The beliefs of preventability of common injuries were not statistically significant between non-public-health medical students, public health students, and non-medical students (P > 0.05), with an exception for poisoning. 18.1% of students (124) reported to received short-term injury training or take lecture for injury prevention, and 27.9% of students (191) had ever read injury-related books. There were 60% (410/684) and 56% (383/684) of students respectively reporting needs for prevention knowledge about poisoning and road traffic injuries. CONCLUSION: Many undergraduates hold incorrect perception on the preventability of injuries, quite a few report knowledge needs for injury prevention.<p />  <p>Language: zh</p>
LA  - zh
SN  - 1000-8020
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -