Child and adolescent injury control activities: reports from the field.

Child and adolescent injury control activities: reports from the field.

The history of injury control and the epidemiology of child and adolescent injuries.

Unintentional injuries claim the lives of more children each year than any other cause of death. A substantial proportion of child hospitalizations and emergency department visits also are attributable to unintentional injuries. The conceptualization of unintentional injuries as a public health problem that is preventable has gained credibility over the past few decades, as effective solutions ...

Injury prevention and the attainment of child and adolescent health.

Urgent attention is required to tackle the problem of child and adolescent injury across the world. There have been considerable shifts in the epidemiological patterns of child deaths; while great progress has been made in preventing infectious diseases, the exposure of children and adolescents to the risks of injury appear to be increasing and will continue to do so in the future. The issue of...

Treatment of child and adolescent obesity: reports from pediatricians, pediatric nurse practitioners, and registered dietitians.

OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to identify interventions used by pediatric health care providers in treatment of overweight children and adolescents to identify provider educational needs. A secondary aim was to examine the association of certain provider characteristics with recommended evaluation practices. STUDY DESIGN A random sample of pediatricians, pediatric nurse practiti...

Child – parent agreement on reports of disease, injury and pain

BACKGROUND Studies on school students are indicating that somatic complaints and pain have increased during the past decades. Throughout this period there has been a change in methodology from proxy reports by parents to having the students themselves act as the respondents, possible explaining some of the increase in prevalence. The aim of this study was to compare the agreement of answers fro...