TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Social and environmental risk factors for the accidental drowning of children under five in China
JO  - BMC public health
A1  - Wang, Meixian
A1  - Liu, Yuxi
A1  - Kang, Leni
A1  - He, Chunhua
A1  - Miao, Lei
A1  - Huang, Jianwen
A1  - He, Xiaoyan
A1  - Zhu, Jun
A1  - Liang, Juan
A1  - Li, Qi
A1  - Wang, Yanping
A1  - Liu, Hanmin
SP  - e1553
EP  - e1553
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Accidental drowning of children under five is a serious problem in China. The present study analyzed data on environmental and sociodemographic factors and on primary caregivers of drowned children to understand factors that may contribute to this problem.     METHODS: The present study collected information on 563 cases of drowning in children under five from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2016, in 334 sampling districts in China. Primary caregivers were interviewed individually using the Drowning Mortality among Children under 5 Questionnaire.     RESULTS: Most drowned children under 5 years old were boys, and 71.6% lived within 100 m of a body of water. The drownings primarily occurred in ponds, canals, rivers, and wells, and over 90% of these water bodies had no safety measures. There were 28.1% of primary caregivers who did not provide full-time care for the children, and 83.1% of them had no knowledge of first aid skills for drowning.     CONCLUSION: Encouraging kindergarten enrollment and providing safety education for children may reduce drowning in children under 5 years of age. Public water body protection measures should be strengthened to prevent children from drowning. Encouraging primary caregivers to care full-time for the children and learning first aid skills for drowning may also help reduce fatalities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09650-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -