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Perceptions of injury risk in the home and workplace in Nepal: a qualitative study.
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- A qualitative study to inform a parental education intervention for unintentional child injury prevention in rural Nepal.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of injuries from 1990 to 2021: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021.Annals of medicine · 2025Observational
- What safety can we talk about when all we see is difficulty? The impact of geographic and cultural determinants of unintentional injury in rural and mountainous Mugu, Nepal.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and perceptions of non-fatal burns among select youth (15-24 years old) from Peshawar Pakistan; a sequential explanatory mixed methods study.Burns open : an international open access journal for burn injuries · 2024Article
- Behavioural and environmental risk factors for household injuries: semistructured interviews with health professionals and mothers in Iran.BMJ paediatrics open · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveInjuries are a global health problem. To develop context-specific injury prevention interventions, one needs to understand population perceptions of home and workplace injuries. This study explored a range of views and perceptions about injuries in a variety of settings and identified barriers and facilitators to injury prevention.
designQualitative study: interviews and focus groups.
settingThree administrative areas: Hetauda submetropolitan city, Thaha municipality and Bakaiya rural municipality in Makwanpur, Nepal.
participantsNine focus groups (74 participants) and nine one-to-one interviews were completed; workers from diverse occupations, residents (slum, traditional or modern homes) and local government decision-makers participated in the study between May and August 2019. The interviews and discussions were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, translated to English and analysed thematically.
resultsSix themes were developed: unsafe home and workplace environment; inadequate supervision and monitoring; perceptions that injuries are inevitable; safety takes low priority: financial and behavioural considerations; safety education and training; and government-led safety programmes and enforcement. Key barriers to injury prevention were perceived to be lack of knowledge about injury risk and preventive measures both at the community level and at the workplace. Facilitators were community-level educational programmes and health and safety training to employees and employers. Participants stressed the importance of the role of the government in planning future injury prevention programmes in different environments.
conclusionsThis study highlighted that both home and workplace injuries are complex and multifactorial. Lack of knowledge about injury risks and preventive measures, both at the community level and at the workplace, was found to be a common barrier to injury prevention, perceived to be mitigated by educational programmes. Together with previously published epidemiological evidence, the barriers and facilitators identified in this study offer useful basis to inform policy and practice.
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