TY - JOUR
T1 - An approach to the epidemiology of childhood injuries
AU - Guyer, B.
AU - Gallagher, S. S.
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to thank Faye Evans and Rea Pfeiffer for their assistance with the figures and Francine Saunders and Dan Torosian for preparation of the manuscript. This paper was supported, in part, by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Maternal and Child Health, Grant No. MCH 022001, through the Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program, Division of Family Health Services, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Population based epidemiologic data on injuries must be used to reassess conventional wisdom about injuries, and to target future efforts at preventing childhood injuries. More frequent and serious childhood injuries need to be addressed as well; these include pedestrian and bicycle-related injuries among preschool and elementary school age children, sports-related injuries, and motor vehicle occupant deaths and other injuries among teenagers. In fact, teenagers are at the greatest risk of injury related morbidity and mortality and deserve priority status for the development of prevention techniques. Finally, improving our understanding of the epidemiology of childhood injury will focus attention more clearly on opportunities for prevention. Such prevention will require the development of coalitions of health personnel with professionals and advocates in many fields. Physicians concerned with injury must begin to talk to engineers, law enforcement officials, public safety officials (fire, police), educators, public health professionals, advocates, and legislators. While we often see injury as a medical problem, the prevention of injuries cannot be undertaken by physicians alone. In the long run, only a multidisciplinary approach to injury prevention can be effective.
AB - Population based epidemiologic data on injuries must be used to reassess conventional wisdom about injuries, and to target future efforts at preventing childhood injuries. More frequent and serious childhood injuries need to be addressed as well; these include pedestrian and bicycle-related injuries among preschool and elementary school age children, sports-related injuries, and motor vehicle occupant deaths and other injuries among teenagers. In fact, teenagers are at the greatest risk of injury related morbidity and mortality and deserve priority status for the development of prevention techniques. Finally, improving our understanding of the epidemiology of childhood injury will focus attention more clearly on opportunities for prevention. Such prevention will require the development of coalitions of health personnel with professionals and advocates in many fields. Physicians concerned with injury must begin to talk to engineers, law enforcement officials, public safety officials (fire, police), educators, public health professionals, advocates, and legislators. While we often see injury as a medical problem, the prevention of injuries cannot be undertaken by physicians alone. In the long run, only a multidisciplinary approach to injury prevention can be effective.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)34752-6
DO - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)34752-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 3975097
AN - SCOPUS:0021986951
VL - 32
SP - 5
EP - 15
JO - Pediatric Clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric Clinics of North America
SN - 0031-3955
IS - 1
ER -