Injuries

Question 1

What is the importance of unintentional injuries?

Answer 1

unintentional injuries are among the single leading causes of death and DALYs lost worldwide, they often lead to disability, unintentional injuries are often neglected in public health work, 3.5 million deaths each year are cause by unintentional injury

Question 2

What percent of childhood injuries occur in low and middle income countries?

Answer 2

98%

Question 3

Children younger than 5 account for what percent of drowning deaths?

Answer 3

25%

Question 4

Children under 5 account for what percent of fire-related deaths?

Answer 4

15%

Question 5

Children 0-14 account for 30% of the population but account for what percent of injury-related DALYs

Answer 5

50%

Question 6

What are the risk factors for unintentional injuries?

Answer 6

• developmental immaturity
• poverty and level of adult supervision and care
• exposures to workplaces with unsafe, hazardous, and developmentally inappropriate machinery

Question 7

Risk factors for falls?

Answer 7

physical activity and socio-economic status

Question 8

Risk factors for burns?

Answer 8

low income, poor housing, crowding

Question 9

Risk factors for drowning?

Answer 9

young children, males, normal activities near water

Question 10

Risk factors for poisoning?

Answer 10

young boys, non-standard containers for poisonous goods within reach of young children

Question 11

Risk factors for road traffic injuries?

Answer 11

unsafe motor vehicles, two-wheeled vehicles, poor road planning, design, engineering, signage , or traffic management, lack of speed enforcement

Question 12

Costs and consequences of injuries?

Answer 12

• economic burden due to medical care, hospitalization, rehabilitation, and funeral fees
• lost wages, sick leave, disability payments, insurance payouts, costs of family care
• long term physical and psycho-social consequences especially for parents of injured children

Question 13

How can emergency medical services be cost-effective?

Answer 13

• special vehicles made for rural or low income areas
  -advance arrangements with the owner of available transport
• train informal first responders and transporters

Question 14

life expectancy for non aboriginal men and women in Canada?

Answer 14

Men: 80
Women: 84

Question 15

Life expectancy for Metis men and women in Canada?

Answer 15

men: 5.1 years lower than non-aboriginal men
women: 4.5 years lower than non-aboriginal women

Question 16

Life expectancy for First nations males and females in Canada?

Answer 16

Males: 6.1 years lower than non-aboriginal men
Females: 5.4 years lower than non-Aboriginal women

Question 17

Life expectancy for Inuit men and Women in Canada?

Answer 17

Men: 14.4 years lower than non-Aboriginal men
Women: 10.5 years lower than non-aboriginal women

Question 18

are men or women for likely to take risks?

Answer 18

men

Question 19

Men tend to judge risks as what compared to women?

Answer 19

smaller and less problematic

Question 20

Men and boys take more risks even when..?

Answer 20

its a bad idea to take a risk

Question 21

Girls and women are…

Answer 21

disinclined to take rusks even in fairly innocuous situations or when it was a good idea to take a risk

Question 22

What are five types of approaches to health communication strategies

Answer 22

peripheral, evidential, linguistic, constituent involving, and sociocultural

Question 23

sociocultural strategies?

Answer 23

reflect an in-depth understanding of culturally normative practices and beliefs shared by the members of the targeted group

Question 24

Constituent involving

Answer 24

collaboration of target group members in the process of program and material development