Protecting Children by Healing Their Caregivers

Protecting children: reducing their environmental tobacco smoke exposure.

The present review examines the current status of efforts to reduce environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS) among infants and young children. Estimates of the number of children exposed vary, but it is probably over 20 million or about 35% of all U.S. children. Healthy People 2010 sets as an objective the reduction, to 10%, of the proportion of children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at ...

Protecting children: a survey of caregivers’ knowledge of Georgia’s child restraint laws

INTRODUCTION The leading cause of injury and death among children in the United States is motor vehicle crashes. Even though restraint laws are in place and public awareness campaigns and educational interventions have increased, many children are still improperly restrained or not restrained at all. When correctly used, child restraints significantly reduce risk of injury or death. METHODS T...

Words used by children and their primary caregivers for private body parts and functions.

BACKGROUND Effective patient-physician communication requires the use of words that are clearly understood by both parties. We conducted this study to compile a list of words used by children and caregivers to describe "private" anatomical structures and physiological functions, to document the frequency of such usage and to examine the relation between correct word usage and caregiver's level ...

Medical, legal, and mental health service utilization by physically abused children and their caregivers.

The use of medical, legal, and mental health services was examined among 37 Medicaid-eligible, physically abused children and their caregivers. Fewer than half of the children received a medical examination related to the physical abuse, but the majority had received basic wellness care, including immunizations. Roughly half of the cases were heard in family court. Fewer than half of the childr...

Protecting children, supporting professionals.