Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Boulevard, CH 415, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
School of Public Health Management, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Rd., Hefei, Anhui 230032, China.
Accid Anal Prev. 2014 Feb;63:22-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.025. Epub 2013 Oct 30.
Study the contextual antecedents and consequences of pediatric dog bites in rural China.
A total of 101 caregivers from rural Anhui Province, China, whose children had suffered dog-bite injuries in the past year, participated in a structured interview about the circumstances, antecedents and consequences of their child's injury.
Contextual circumstances identified frequently included outside-home environment and presence of peers but not adult supervisors. Frequent antecedents were dogs' initiation of the encounter, children walking to/from school, and dogs unleashed. Consequences to children identified frequently were rabies vaccines, restricted activity, and fear of dogs. Developmental trends emerged, with bite circumstances differing by children's ages.
These results offer data on common antecedents and consequences of pediatric dog bites in rural China, a necessary prerequisite for development of empirically supported prevention programs in a vulnerable population.
研究中国农村地区小儿狗咬伤的背景前因和后果。
共有 101 名来自中国安徽省农村地区的照顾者参与了这项研究，他们的孩子在过去一年中遭受了狗咬伤。研究采用结构化访谈的方式，了解孩子受伤的情况、背景前因和后果。
确定的背景环境因素包括家庭以外的环境和同伴的存在，但没有成年人的监督。常见的背景前因包括狗主动发起的接触、儿童上下学、狗未被拴住。儿童常见的后果包括狂犬病疫苗接种、活动受限和对狗的恐惧。研究还发现了一些发展趋势，即咬伤的情况因儿童的年龄而异。
这些结果提供了中国农村地区小儿狗咬伤常见背景前因和后果的数据，这是为弱势人群制定基于经验的预防计划的必要前提。
