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Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action
Drowning is one of the major public health concerns, and children are the most vulnerable victims of drowning death in Bangladesh, which has been a paramount threat to child survival. Based on available data, we intend to underline the prevalence and associated risk factors for child drowning deaths...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36053622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001464 |
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author | Hossain, Md. Jamal Al-Mamun, Md. Alam, Morshed Khatun, Mst. Rukaia Sarker, Md. Moklesur Rahman Islam, Md. Rabiul |
author_facet | Hossain, Md. Jamal Al-Mamun, Md. Alam, Morshed Khatun, Mst. Rukaia Sarker, Md. Moklesur Rahman Islam, Md. Rabiul |
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description | Drowning is one of the major public health concerns, and children are the most vulnerable victims of drowning death in Bangladesh, which has been a paramount threat to child survival. Based on available data, we intend to underline the prevalence and associated risk factors for child drowning deaths in Bangladesh. According to the Center for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh, about 19 000 people of all ages drown per year across the country, where approximately 77% are children (<18 years), which means that over 40 Bangladeshi children drown per day. A recent survey reported that as of data collected from January 2020 to June 2021, 83% of drowning victims were children. Insufficient parental supervision, mother’s illiteracy, lack of swimming ability, male gender, children under 5 years, geographical and environmental conditions, seasonality, and disasters significantly contribute to child drowning deaths in Bangladesh. We urge the governments and local administrations to address the current crisis by coordinating and integrating several effective efforts to prevent child drowning deaths. |
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spelling | pubmed-91712502022-06-16 Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action Hossain, Md. Jamal Al-Mamun, Md. Alam, Morshed Khatun, Mst. Rukaia Sarker, Md. Moklesur Rahman Islam, Md. Rabiul BMJ Paediatr Open Original Research Letter Drowning is one of the major public health concerns, and children are the most vulnerable victims of drowning death in Bangladesh, which has been a paramount threat to child survival. Based on available data, we intend to underline the prevalence and associated risk factors for child drowning deaths in Bangladesh. According to the Center for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh, about 19 000 people of all ages drown per year across the country, where approximately 77% are children (<18 years), which means that over 40 Bangladeshi children drown per day. A recent survey reported that as of data collected from January 2020 to June 2021, 83% of drowning victims were children. Insufficient parental supervision, mother’s illiteracy, lack of swimming ability, male gender, children under 5 years, geographical and environmental conditions, seasonality, and disasters significantly contribute to child drowning deaths in Bangladesh. We urge the governments and local administrations to address the current crisis by coordinating and integrating several effective efforts to prevent child drowning deaths. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9171250/ /pubmed/36053622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001464 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Letter Hossain, Md. Jamal Al-Mamun, Md. Alam, Morshed Khatun, Mst. Rukaia Sarker, Md. Moklesur Rahman Islam, Md. Rabiul Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action |
title | Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action |
title_full | Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action |
title_fullStr | Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action |
title_full_unstemmed | Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action |
title_short | Child drownings in Bangladesh: need for action |
title_sort | child drownings in bangladesh: need for action |
topic | Original Research Letter |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36053622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001464 |
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