Risk factors predisposing to pedestrian road traffic injury in children living in Lima, Peru: a case-control study.

Authors: Pernica JM,LeBlanc JC,Soto-Castellares G,Donroe J,Carhuancho-Meza BA,Rainham DG,Gilman RH,
Address: Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Journal: Arch Dis Child.

Publication: 2012 Aug;97(8):709-13. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300997. Epub 2012 Jun 9.

abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To describe the epidemiology of pedestrian road traffic injury in Lima and to identify associated child-level, family-level, and school travel-related variables.

DESIGN:

case-control study.

SETTING:

The Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, the largest paediatric hospital in the city.

PARTICIPANTS:

Cases were children who presented because of pedestrian road traffic injury. Controls presented with other diagnoses and were matched on age, sex and severity of injury.

RESULTS:

Low socioeconomic status, low paternal education, traffic exposure during the trip to school, lack of supervision during outside play, and duration of outside play were all statistically significantly associated with case-control status. In multivariate logistic regression, a model combining the lack of supervision during outside play and the number of the streets crossed walking to school best predicted case-control status (p<0.001).

CONCLUSIONS:

These results emphasise that an assessment of children's play behaviours and school locations should be considered and integrated into any plan for an intervention designed to reduce pedestrian road traffic injury. A child-centred approach will ensure that children derive maximum benefit from sorely needed public health interventions.

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