Drowning among the lakeside fishing communities in Uganda: results of a community survey

Autor: Olakunle Olange, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Olive Kobusingye, Lynn Atuyambe, Joseph Magoola
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Engineering
Poison control
Transportation
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Food Supply
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Case fatality rate
Uganda
030212 general & internal medicine
Socioeconomics
education.field_of_study
05 social sciences
Fishes
Focus Groups
Middle Aged
Female
Medical emergency
Safety
Safety Research
Adult
Adolescent
Fishing
Population
Interviews as Topic
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0502 economics and business
Injury prevention
medicine
Animals
Humans
education
Personal Protective Equipment
Occupational Health
Swimming
Aged
050210 logistics & transportation
Drowning
business.industry
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
Occupational Injuries
Lakes
Cross-Sectional Studies
Seafood
Fishing industry
business
Zdroj: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. 24:363-370
ISSN: 1745-7319
1745-7300
Popis: The study aimed to determine the drowning burden in four Ugandan lakeside districts; the prevalence of life jacket use, and community knowledge and attitudes regarding water safety. Subjects were recruited as they disembarked from boats. A structured questionnaire was used for demographics, experience on water, details of incidents in water, and awareness of drowning prevention measures. Focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews were held. The study interviewed 544 participants; 81.1% male, 86.8% below 45 years, and 51.1% involved in the fishing industry. A quarter (26.1%) of the respondents were observed wearing life jackets as they disembarked. Participants who had been in a boat that nearly capsized (57.8%), or that actually capsized (21.7%), were no more likely to wear life jackets than those who had not had these experiences. Three quarters (73.2%) did not know how to call for rescue, and only 48.7% could swim. There drowning fatality rate in this community was 502 deaths per 100,000 population. Majority of drowning events occurred during transportation (51.7%) or fishing (39.0%). The most frequently mentioned factors were stormy weather and overloading. Drowning is a common threat to young adults in the fishing communities around Lake Victoria. Few preventive interventions are in place.
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