Interventive effects on injury among elementary and middle school students from 2012 to 2015 in Yixing

Objective To understand the occurrence and change of injury among elementary and middle school students in Yixing,and to provide references for exploring the efficiency of comprehensive injury intervention-model.Methods All students in 16 pilot schools in Yixing were adopted to make the interventional and retrospective investigation according to the analysis and study of comprehensive and personalized intervention of three years from 2012 to 2015.Results The injury incidence of students was 2.23% in retrospective investigation from September to November in 2015,which was lower comparing to that of 2012 (2.89%).Tumbling/falling,injury due to animal,traffic accident and sharp instrument injury were the top four types of injury.The injury incidence among the non-local students was slightly higher than that among the local students,but the differences were of no statistical significance (x2 =0.132,P=0.716).The injury incidence in the males was significantly higher than that of females (x2 =4.110,P=0.043).Conclusion Work of injury intervention has made practical effect;furthermore,multi-sectors collaboration should be strengthened to continually explore the more effective measures.