males • toddlers and children below 5 years of age • children from 5 to 10 years of age • children and people from 10–22 years • older people • children from families with many children • children from poor families • children without proper supervision • The participants also felt that injuries can happen to anyone, any time at any place. But the members of the mothers’ group thought that children in rural villages suffer more from injuries than their urban counterparts. my opinion, must be fewer incidents of injuries in towns than in the villages. In the “In town people do not have to go out of their rooms, most of the time. Here (in the village, we) have to go all around, neighbourhoods for any reasons or (to) work. They just watch TV indoors, in the town.” (Mother #5) Common places of injuries When participants provided real-life examples, which they had seen or experienced, they were able to describe the situation and places where those injuries occurred. However, the common places for injuries as discussed during the focus groups were home, farms and jungle, road/trails, stream/river, play areas and school. Some of the activities included children picking fruit, or collecting firewood or fodder/leaves from trees, training/herding goats or cattle, all of which made children vulnerable to injuries. All these activities of children were often overlooked by the participants during the discussion, as they were prevalent as normal activities in a typical Nepali family. The mothers’ group participants observed that injuries are by-products of activities. Since such activities are very common occurrences injuries are also usual phenomena. Some of the students felt that injuries were also high in towns because of the increasing number of motorised vehicles and poor driving behaviour. The common places and context of injuries are summarised in the Table 2. Table 2 Common places of injury occurrence Mechanism Place Activities leading to injuries
• males • toddlers and children below 5 years of age • children from 5 to 10 years of age • children and people from 10–22 years • older people • children from families with many children • children from poor families • children without proper supervision The participants also felt that injuries can happen to anyone, any time at any place. But the members of the mothers’ group thought that children in rural villages suffer more from injuries than their urban counterparts. “In my opinion, must be fewer incidents of injuries in towns than in the villages. In the town people do not have to go out of their rooms, most of the time. Here (in the village, we) have to go all around, neighbourhoods for any reasons or (to) work. They just watch TV indoors, in the town.” (Mother #5) Common places of injuries When participants provided real-life examples, which they had seen or experienced, they were able to describe the situation and places where those injuries occurred. However, the common places for injuries as discussed during the focus groups were home, farms and jungle, road/trails, stream/river, play areas and school. Some of the activities included children picking fruit, or collecting firewood or fodder/leaves from trees, training/herding goats or cattle, all of which made children vulnerable to injuries. All these activities of children were often overlooked by the participants during the discussion, as they were prevalent as normal activities in a typical Nepali family. The mothers’ group participants observed that injuries are by-products of activities. Since such activities are very common occurrences injuries are also usual phenomena. Some of the students felt that injuries were also high in towns because of the increasing number of motorised vehicles and poor driving behaviour. The common places and context of injuries are summarised in the Table 2. Table 2 Common places of injury occurrence Mechanism Place Activities leading to injuries
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