Adult-worn child carriers: a potential risk for injury.
نویسندگان
چکیده
OBJECTIVES To examine and describe types of injuries associated with adult-worn child carriers and illustrate the need for careful use of these products by parents. METHODS A literature search for the terms infant carriers, backpack carriers, infant slings, baby carriers, and baby slings was conducted. Information was also obtained and tabulated from the three Consumer Product Safety Commission databases: the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), the In-Depth Investigations File, and the Injury/Potential Injury Incident File. RESULTS No reports of injuries were found in the medical literature. In the NEISS database, 51 injuries were reported between January 1990 and September 1998. Of these injuries, 38 (74.5%) were head traumas and eight (15.7%) were facial trauma. Of the 51 injuries, 11 (22%) required hospitalization. CONCLUSIONS Based on the data presented in this paper, injuries associated with the use of adult-worn child carriers appear to come from three general sources: product appropriateness and design, product condition, and product use. It is important for health care providers to assist in the dissemination of information regarding the safe use of these products to parents in an effort to prevent injuries.
منابع مشابه
Adult accompaniment and the risk of pedestrian injury on the school-home journey.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To quantify the effect of adult accompaniment on the risk of pedestrian injury on the school-home journey. DESIGN A community based case-control study. SETTING The Auckland region of New Zealand. PARTICIPANTS Cases (n = 54) were all children killed or hospitalized as a result of a pedestrian injury occurring on the school-home journey between 1 January 1992 and 1 March 199...
متن کاملAre life vests worn? A multiregional observational study of personal flotation device use in small boats.
OBJECTIVE Although life vest use is thought to prevent drowning, their use by boaters has not been described. This study sought to determine the use of personal flotation devices (PFDs) in small boats. METHODS Boaters were observed between April and June 1995 in Washington and Oregon and classified by their age, gender, PFD use, and boat type. RESULTS Among 4181 boaters, 25% wore a PFD. Use...
متن کاملRisk of hip fractures in soft protected, hard protected, and unprotected falls.
OBJECTIVE To compare hip fracture risk in soft and hard protected falls with the risk in unprotected falls and to compare the incidence of hip fractures in nursing homes providing soft and hard hip protectors. METHODS An observational study conducted within the framework of a cluster randomized trial in 18 nursing homes. Nursing homes were randomized to offer either soft or hard hip protector...
متن کاملA randomised trial of hip protector use by frail older women living in their own homes.
OBJECTIVES To investigate the efficacy and effectiveness of hip protectors in frail community living older women. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Aged care health services in New South Wales, Australia. PATIENTS 600 women 74 years of age or more (mean age 83 years), who had two or more falls or one fall requiring hospital admission in the previous year, and who lived in their ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
دوره 6 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000