Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities
ObjectivesAs part of an ongoing, long-term project to co-create burn prevention strategies in Nepal, we collected baseline data to share and discuss with the local community, use as a basis for a co-created prevention strategy and then monitor changes over time. This paper reports on the method and...
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| description | ObjectivesAs part of an ongoing, long-term project to co-create burn prevention strategies in Nepal, we collected baseline data to share and discuss with the local community, use as a basis for a co-created prevention strategy and then monitor changes over time. This paper reports on the method and outcomes of the baseline survey and demonstrates how the data are presented back to the community.DesignA community-based survey.SettingCommunity based in three rural municipalities in Nepal.Participants1305 households were approached: the head of 1279 households participated, giving a response rate of 98%. In 90.3% of cases, the head of the household was male.ResultsWe found that 2.7% (CI 1.8 to 3.7) of 1279 households, from three representative municipalities, reported at least one serious burn in the previous 12 months: a serious burn was defined as one requiring medical attention and/or inability to work or do normal activities for 24 hours. While only 4 paediatric and 10 adult cases in the previous 12 months reached hospital care, the impact on the lives of those involved was profound. Only one patient was referred on from primary to secondary/tertiary care; the average length of hospital stay for those presenting directly to secondary/tertiary care was 21 days. A range of first-aid behaviours were used, many of which are appropriate for the local context while a few may be potentially harmful (eg, the use of dung).ConclusionThe participatory approach used in this study ensured a high response rate. We have demonstrated that infographics can link the pathway for each of the cases observed from initial incident to final location of care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ec702eb85e34a32871ad4fbebc5cd662022-12-21T19:56:58ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-02-0110210.1136/bmjopen-2019-033071Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalitiesKamal Phuyal0Edna Adhiambo Ogada1Richard Bendell2Patricia E Price3Tom Potokar4NIHR Global Health Research Group on Burn Trauma, Kathmandu, NepalCentre for Global Burn Injury Policy and Research, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UKInterburns, Swansea, UKCentre for Global Burn Injury Policy and Research, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UKCentre for Global Burn Injury Policy and Research, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UKObjectivesAs part of an ongoing, long-term project to co-create burn prevention strategies in Nepal, we collected baseline data to share and discuss with the local community, use as a basis for a co-created prevention strategy and then monitor changes over time. This paper reports on the method and outcomes of the baseline survey and demonstrates how the data are presented back to the community.DesignA community-based survey.SettingCommunity based in three rural municipalities in Nepal.Participants1305 households were approached: the head of 1279 households participated, giving a response rate of 98%. In 90.3% of cases, the head of the household was male.ResultsWe found that 2.7% (CI 1.8 to 3.7) of 1279 households, from three representative municipalities, reported at least one serious burn in the previous 12 months: a serious burn was defined as one requiring medical attention and/or inability to work or do normal activities for 24 hours. While only 4 paediatric and 10 adult cases in the previous 12 months reached hospital care, the impact on the lives of those involved was profound. Only one patient was referred on from primary to secondary/tertiary care; the average length of hospital stay for those presenting directly to secondary/tertiary care was 21 days. A range of first-aid behaviours were used, many of which are appropriate for the local context while a few may be potentially harmful (eg, the use of dung).ConclusionThe participatory approach used in this study ensured a high response rate. We have demonstrated that infographics can link the pathway for each of the cases observed from initial incident to final location of care.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/2/e033071.full |
| spellingShingle | Kamal Phuyal Edna Adhiambo Ogada Richard Bendell Patricia E Price Tom Potokar Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities BMJ Open |
| title | Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities |
| title_full | Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities |
| title_fullStr | Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities |
| title_short | Burns in Nepal: a participatory, community survey of burn cases and knowledge, attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities |
| title_sort | burns in nepal a participatory community survey of burn cases and knowledge attitudes and practices to burn care and prevention in three rural municipalities |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/2/e033071.full |
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