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Table 2 Perception and knowledge of unintentional injuries and their prevention elicited using the photo-elicitation method among the primary caregivers (N = 302)

From: Perception and awareness of unintentional childhood injuries among primary caregivers of children in Vellore, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study using photo-elicitation method

Type of unintentional childhood injury

Adequate perception of the hazard

n (%)

Adequate knowledge of type of injury

n (%)

Adequate perception of prevention of injury

n (%)

Adequate knowledge of prevention of injury

n (%)

Woman riding bicycle without safety features, with child pillion sitting behind bare foot and legs hanging by one side without helmets

198/302 (65.6)

188/198 (94.9)

168/198 (84.8)

122/168 (72.6)

188/302 (62.2)

168/302 (55.6)

122/302 (40.3)

Toddler climbing a staircase without supervision

272/302 (90.1)

270/272 (99.2)

252/272 (92.6)

239/252 (94.8)

270/302 (89.4)

252/302 (83.4)

239/302 (79.1)

Infant playing with a plastic bag

228/302 (75.5)

206/228 (90.3)

215/228 (94.2)

190/215 (88.3)

206/302 (68.2)

215/302 (71.2)

190/302 (62.9)

Boy crossing the road in a non-zebra crossing

285/302 (94.4)

285/285 (100)

263/285 (92.2)

245/263 (93.1)

285/302 (94.4)

263/302 (87.1)

245/302 (81.1)

Small children playing with firecrackers

291/302 (96.4)

290/291 (99.6)

260/291 (89.3)

243/260 (93.4)

290/302 (96)

260/302 (86.1)

243/302 (80.5)

Unsupervised toddler near a bucket of water

265/302 (87.7)

261/265 (98.4)

256/265 (94.3)

238/256 (92.9)

261/302 (86.4)

256/302 (84.8)

238/302 (78.8)

Infant playing with household chemicals

275/302 (91.2)

268/275 (97.4)

265/275 (96.3)

246/265 (92.8)

268/302 (88.7)

265/302 (87.7)

246/302 (81.5)

Small children climbing trees

294/302 (97.2)

294/294 (100)

272/294 (92.5)

257/272 (94.4)

294/302 (97.2)

272/302 (90.1)

257/302 (85.1)

Mother cooking using firewood stove placed at ground level

261/302 (86.4)

259/261 (99.2)

247/261 (94.6)

228/247 (92.3)

259/302 (85.7)

247 /302 (81.7)

228/302 (75.4)

Unsupervised child playing at a construction site

290/302 (96)

286/290 (98.6)

278/290 (95.8)

239/278 (85.9)

286/302 (94.7)

278/302 (92)

239/302 (79.1)