Unintentional Injuries in Preschool Age Children
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Unintentional Injuries in Preschool Age Children
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death among children. Previous research has shown that most of the injuries occur in and around the home. Therefore, parents have a key role in the occurrence and prevention of injuries. In this study, we examined the relationship among home injuries to children and parental attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, parental attitu...
متن کاملCommunity-based study of unintentional injuries among preschool children in Damascus.
To assess injuries among 1125 preschool children in Damascus, and to investigate the risk factors, a retrospective home survey of childhood injuries for a period of 12 months was carried out in 4 areas of residence: agricultural rural, non-agricultural rural, periurban and urban. More than 75% of mothers believed that injuries were preventable. During the year preceding the study, 261 injuries ...
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OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of unintentional injury to school-age children seen in pediatric primary care. METHODS Members of a managed health care system (295 children ages 5-11 years and their mothers) participated. We used Time 1 measures of child, maternal, and family functioning and health care utilization to predict rates of unintentional child injury for the following year. Multip...
متن کاملPreventing unintentional injuries in Indigenous children and youth in Canada.
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in Canadian Indigenous children and youth, occurring at rates three to four times the national average. Death and disabling injuries not only devastate families and communities but take a heavy toll on health care resources. The lack of statistics, ongoing surveillance or injury prevention programs for Indigenous children and adolescents fur...
متن کاملPreventing unintentional injuries in children and young adolescents
Effective Health Care s A Health of the Nation target is to reduce by one third the death rate from unintentional injury in children aged 14 and under by the year 2005. s There is good evidence that the use of cycle helmets and child car seat restraints can reduce serious injury to children involved in road traffic accidents. s Urban road safety measures such as the provision of crossing patrol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001378