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Social Determinants of Health and Home Safety for Under-Five Children in a Neighbor's Tehran, Iran Publisher



Mohammadinia L1, 2, 3 ; Khorasanizavareh D4, 5, 6 ; Gharibzadeh S7, 8 ; Roshanferk P9 ; Malekafzali H10
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  1. 1. Department of Disaster Public Health, School of Public Health, Students Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Health Human Resource Research Center, School of Management and Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  4. 4. Safety Promotionand Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Health in Disaster and Emergency, School of Health, Safety and Environment, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Clinical Sciences and Education, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  7. 7. Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
  9. 9. Social Determinant of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  10. 10. Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran

Source: International Journal of Preventive Medicine Published:2018


Abstract

Background: Social determinants of health (SDH) provide a platform in improving health society such as safety. Safety is essential for children because it is directly related to the health and development. The objective of this study was to evaluate the current home safety in the capital city of Iran for children below five years by community-based initiative and its association with common SDH variables. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, considering community- and family-based initiative. According this five domains checklist which was including physical, kitchen, bath, toys, and fi rst-aid kit , 200 family home safety were evaluated. Moreover, the relation between children safety and social determinants of health was assessed. Furthermore, the research team designed an attractive record card for each child that was distributed among families by community volunteers. Results: The result was extracted into two age groups: less and more than 6 months. We designed an attractive card for each child and distributed among families by volunteers. It showed that children of age above 6 months had higher home safety score. We found a positive association between mother's education and total safety score. Conclusions: This study was a part of MAZDAK project which means friendly environment for children in Persian word. It showed that an effective way for promoting children safety in the community would be community engagement and family cooperation. As the family education can help reduce children injuries, MAZDAK as a model can been run in the other places to check the effects of SDH on home safety for children. This was an experience of improving community knowledge and behavior about home safety by the parents themselves to improve their children safety environment, and it is going to continue the efficacy of Intervention. © 2018 Journal of Research in Medical Sciences | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.
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