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Abstract
Background
School injury is the second and most factor problem among the student in Iran elementary schools and it will be the cause of physical and mental disorders and sometimes, death. Students are at risk of accidents at schools and the way of schools because of their age and lack of experience.
Objective
Tto find out frequency and related factors of accidents in elementary schools in Fars province.
Methods
This is a descriptive study that was carried out among 216271 elementary student in the Fars province. In this study we used random methods to study the problem .
After preparing a special check list and distributing among the school principals, we collected data and analyzed them by using SPSS.
Findings
233 accident cases which were happen during the study were analyzed. 48.23% accident were among grade five elementary students and most of them happened in the months of October and December 47.9% of accidents happened between ours of 7.30 – 10 am. 54% of accidents was happen in the urban areas and 46% in the rural areas .
Most cases of accidents was due to falling down by accidentally or intentionally.
Conclusion
Most accident were among grade five elementary students .more safety and precaution must be taken in elementary schools and increase the knowledge of student.
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