Cargando…

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hossain, Md. Jamal, Al-Mamun, Md., Alam, Morshed, Khatun, Mst. Rukaia, Sarker, Md. Moklesur Rahman, Islam, Md. Rabiul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
Materias:
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
_version_ 1784721624952471552
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
author_sort Hossain, Md. Jamal
collection PubMed
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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9171250
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher BMJ Publishing Group
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
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
work_keys_str_mv AT hossainmdjamal childdrowningsinbangladeshneedforaction
AT almamunmd childdrowningsinbangladeshneedforaction
AT alammorshed childdrowningsinbangladeshneedforaction
AT khatunmstrukaia childdrowningsinbangladeshneedforaction
AT sarkermdmoklesurrahman childdrowningsinbangladeshneedforaction
AT islammdrabiul childdrowningsinbangladeshneedforaction