Full Description
In this issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Lois K. Lee and Flaura K. Winston bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Preventing Unintentional Injuries among Children and Youth. Unintentional injuries continue to be a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among U.S. children and youth and globally, and there are also important health disparities related to socio-economic inequities in different populations of children. In this issue, top experts discuss key topics such as pediatric considerations for home safety and water safety, consumer product injuries in children, child passenger and teen driving safety, injury prevention technology, and much more.
Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including approaches and strategies for pediatric injury prevention; infant sleep-related deaths; unintentional injuries of pedestrian/bicycling/micro-mobility devices; child poisoning injury; unintentional injuries and safety with ATVs/UTVs; and more
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on preventing unintentional injuries among children and youth, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Contents
Approaches and Strategies for Pediatric Injury Prevention
History of and Successes in Pediatric Injury Prevention
Applications of the Injury Equity Framework to Address Pediatric Injury Inequities
Developmental Considerations for Pediatric Unintentional Injury Prevention
Sleep-Related Infant Death
Pediatric Considerations for Home Safety
Pediatric Injuries Among Those Using Active Transportation & Micromobility Devices
Pediatric Considerations for Water Safety
Pediatric Injuries from Consumer Products and Strategies for Prevention
Prevention of Childhood Poisoning
Child Passenger Safety
Teen Driving
Wheels of Misfortune: All-Terrain Vehicles and Utility Task Vehicles
Current and Future Injury Prevention Technology: Engineering Principles and Educating on Correct Use
