Burned with gunpowder during the festivities of December: Effects of Law 670-2001 in Cali-Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.18041/2665-427X/ijeph.2.11054Keywords:
Burns, Wounds and Injuries, Emergencies, Mandatory Reporting, Epidemiology, fireworksAbstract
Introduction: Gunpowder injuries generate high socio-economic costs and environmental damage. An analysis is presented fifteen years after issuing a national policy to avoid injuries due to this cause.
Objective: To describe the behavior of injuries related to the use of gunpowder during the holiday celebrations in Santiago de Cali-Colombia during the period 2002-2016.
Method: Retrospective descriptive study. Using the secondary database of the Social Observatory and SIVIGILA, the cases of people burned by gunpowder in the city were characterized.
Results: We identified 655 injured by gunpowder in December; 83% of the injured were men, and 43% were minors, being the group of 10 to 14 years the most affected, a significant decrease was reached in the group of the early childhood The most affected parts were upper limbs and head.
Conclusion: The policy has had a positive impact on protecting early childhood. It is recommended that the law be more widely disseminated in the pre-December period and that education with a gender focus be promoted, aimed at the educational community (schoolchildren, teachers, and parents) in order to influence patriarchal customs such as the use of gunpowder to celebrate and the reduction of burnings in other minors in order to increase the impact of the existing regulations
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