Baby walkers...time to take a stand?

Baby walkers in Europe--time to consider a ban.

Baby walker related injuries--a continuing problem.

Baby walkers have been associated with burns, head trauma and other types of injury. A retrospective study of all infants under the age of two years attending an accident and emergency unit demonstrated 22 injuries associated with baby walkers from a total of 1049 attendances. The most serious injuries were three skull fractures, with the most common mechanism being of a fall downstairs in the ...

The use of baby walkers in Iranian infants.

INTRODUCTION A study was conducted to define the pattern of baby walker usage and the rate of walker-related injuries in infants, as well as to determine the effects of baby walkers on the start of independent walking among infants. METHODS Families of infants aged six months to two years who presented at health facility clinics in 2007 and 2008 were enrolled in the study. The study team inte...

Baby walkers: paediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, and health promotion.

Paediatricians were surveyed about baby walker knowledge, attitudes, and practice. Advising about walkers was associated with working in community paediatrics, treating walker related injuries, knowledge about walkers, and positive attitudes towards walker health promotion. Greater knowledge about walkers was associated with more negative attitudes to walkers. Educating paediatricians and paren...

Injury prevention training: a cluster randomised controlled trial assessing its effect on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of midwives and health visitors.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of injury prevention training. DESIGN Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING Primary care facilities in the East Midlands area of the United Kingdom. SUBJECTS Midwives and health visitors. INTERVENTION Evidence based training session on the risks associated with baby walkers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome measures were knowledg...