Abstract
Welcome to Annals of Global Health,Annals of Global Health is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal dedicated to publishing high quality articles dedicated to all aspects of global health. The journal's mission is to advance global health, promote research, and foster the prevention and treatment of disease worldwide. Its goals are to improve the health and well-being of all people, advance health equity, and promote wise stewardship of the earth's environment. The latest journal impact factor is 3.64.Annals of Global Health is supported by the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College. It was founded in 1934 by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. It is a partner journal of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. Authors of articles accepted for publication in Annals of Global Health will be asked to pay an Article Publication Charge (APC) to cover publication costs. This charge can normally be sourced from your funder or institution. We are committed to supporting authors from all countries to publish their work in Annals of Global Health regardless of national income level, and to achieve this goal, we waive the Article Publication Charge for manuscripts where all authors are from low-income or lower-middle-income countries (as defined by the World Bank). From time to time, Annals of Global Health publishes Special Collections, a series of articles organized around a common theme in global health. Recent Special Collections have included “Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Global Health”, “Decolonizing Global Health Education”, and “Capacity Building for Global Health Leadership Training”. Global health workers interested in developing a Special Collection are strongly encouraged to contact the Managing Editor in advance to discuss the project.
Highlights
An injury is defined as “when you miss at least one full day of usual activities such as school, sports or when that event requires treatment by doctor or nurse
Program/Project Purpose: There has been an increase in postgraduate Global Health training programs in response to the demand for training in the field of Global Health
We have developed a bidirectional, interdisciplinary Global Health fellowship, the Health Equity Action and Leadership (HEAL) initiative, which places fellows in domestic and international underserved communities for two years
Summary
An injury is defined as “when you miss at least one full day of usual activities such as school, sports or when that event requires treatment by doctor or nurse. Injuries account for about 8% of death in Nepal, the common one being road traffic accidents, drowning, burns, falls, and poisoning. Children’s are more vulnerable to have injury in hilly region due to its geographical location and they do not get enough care as they are not under the direct supervision of their parents and most of the times are away from home. Aim of this study was to access the common causes and distribution pattern of childhood injuries and to identify the role of socio-economic factors in prevalence and prevention of childhood injuries
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