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Elderly injury prevention perspectives: A qualitative study of elderly people in different socioeconomic strata within a safe community in Shanghai
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2012 (English)In: HealthMed, ISSN 1840-2291, E-ISSN 1986-8103, Vol. 6, no 12, p. 4170-4178Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Injuries represent an important cause of health problems among elderly people. The study has explored the perspectives and ideas of elderly peo-ple from different socioeconomic groups in terms of their injury-related issues. This paper exami-nes a Safe Community accredited by the WHO Community Safety program. The community has three different residential sections labeled as Sec-tion-A, Section-B and Section-C, representing high, medium and low socioeconomic status of the residents respectively. Three focus group discussi-ons (FGDs) were organized from three residential sections separately with 8 to 12 elderly people (> 60years) in each group. Elderly people from Secti-on-A were more concerned about emotional abuse whilst those from Sections B and C thought that fall and traffic injuries were most common inju-res. In Section-A, the most frequent risk factors were age, mental status and other people’s unsafe behavior. In Section-B risk factors were age, envi-ronment and safety procedures. In Section-C, risk factors were environments, age and disease. For injury prevention, the elderly in A and B Sections thought that education should be improved while in C Section they emphasized environmental im-provements. The perspectives and needs in terms of injury prevention among elderly people from different socioeconomic levels were not the same. When local governments develop their injury prevention plans and strategies, those differences should be considered.

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2012. Vol. 6, no 12, p. 4170-4178
Keywords [en]
age; aged; article; behavior; community care; education; elderly care; emotional abuse; environmental factor; female; human; injury; interview; male; mental health; psychological aspect; residential care; risk factor; socioeconomics; traffic accident
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-39832Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84872905607OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-39832DiVA, id: diva2:1467092
Available from: 2020-09-14 Created: 2020-09-14 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved

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