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Article Name - Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Parents Regarding Injections Use for their Children-A Study from Outpatient Clinics of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

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  • Keywords Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Parents; Unsafe injections; Children ... 2025-04-30
  • Introduction The WHO states that a safe injection is one that does not harm the recipient, expose the provider to any avoidable risk, or result in hazardous waste [1]. Worldwide, 12 billion injections are ... 2025-04-30
  • Materials and Methods Study design A prospective quantitative cross-sectional study. Study period and area This study was conducted over six months, from January 1, 2021-June 31, 2021, after obtaining approval from ... 2025-04-30
  • Results Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents Table 1 shows that most respondents (84.2%) reside in urban areas, children’s median age is 3.4 years, percentage of boys was 55.3% vs. gi ... 2025-04-30
  • Discussion The study reveals significant insights into parental knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning injection use for children, highlighting a disconnect between high awareness and actual pr ... 2025-04-30
  • Conclusion The study’s single-center design and focus on a relatively privileged urban population however limit the generalizability of its findings to broader rural or underserved communities, wher ... 2025-04-30
  • Ethical Considerations This study was conducted in adherence to the highest ethical standards as outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) principles, with approval from the Ethical ... 2025-04-30
  • Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate Ethical approval was taken from The Aga Khan University Ethical Review Committee. ... 2025-04-30
  • Informed Consent Before data collection, all parents willing to participate were asked to sign an informed written consent form. The children of non-consenting parents did not participate in data collection. ... 2025-04-30
  • Consent for Publication Not Applicable ... 2025-04-30
  • Availability of Data and Material The data supporting this study's findings are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author. ... 2025-04-30
  • Competing Interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests and report no conflicts of interest. ... 2025-04-30
  • Funding This research did not receive any specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sector. ... 2025-04-30
  • Author Contributions BR, AA, NS: These authors made a significant contribution to the work reported, whether that is in the conception, study design, execution or data collection. AP, SZ and AN: Contributed to d ... 2025-04-30
  • References WHO best practices for injections and related procedures toolkit. World Health Organization. 2010. [Google Scholar] Simonsen L, Kane A, Lloyd J, Zaffran M, Kane M. Unsafe injections i ... 2025-04-30