Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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Psychological consequences such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are currently neglected in burden-of-injury calculations. ⋯ Ignoring PTSD in burden-of-injury studies results in a considerable underestimation of the burden of injury. This may affect resource allocation and the identification of important prevention priorities.
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This study describes road traffic injuries among school-aged children in Guangzhou, China, and examines the effect of road safety knowledge and risk behaviours on road traffic injuries. ⋯ Better road safety knowledge and the avoidance of walking or cycling-related risk behaviours are protective factors for road traffic injuries among Chinese school children. More injury prevention programmes are needed to improve road safety knowledge and reduce risk behaviours.
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Multicenter Study
Developing effective child death review: a study of 'early starter' child death overview panels in England.
This qualitative study of a small number of child death overview panels aimed to observe and describe their experience in implementing new child death review processes, and making prevention recommendations. ⋯ The results of this study have helped to inform the subsequent establishment of child death overview panels across England. To operate effectively, panels need a clear remit and purpose, robust structures and processes, and committed personnel. A multi-agency approach contributes to a broader understanding of and response to children's deaths.
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Multicenter Study
Predictors of unintentional poisoning among children under 5 years of age in Karachi: a matched case-control study.
Poisoning is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury and a common paediatric emergency in children under 5 years of age. The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with unintentional poisoning among children under 5 years of age presenting to emergency rooms at tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. ⋯ The practice of storing kerosene and petroleum in soft drink bottles and the easy accessibility of chemicals and medicines are potentially modifiable. Health messages focusing on the safe storage of chemicals and medicines and the use of child resistant containers may play a key role in decreasing the burden of childhood poisoning in Karachi, Pakistan.
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To increase the number and quality of injury prevention recommendations made by Washington State (USA) child death review teams. ⋯ Injury prevention recommendations are generated in the systematic local review of child deaths. This process can be analysed, measured, supported, and improved.