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Childhood Accidents: Injuries and Poisoning

Advances in Pediatrics ◽

10.1016/j.yapd.2009.08.010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 33-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Kam-Lun Ellis Hon ◽

Alexander K.C. Leung

Keyword(s):

Childhood Accidents

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THE CONTROL OF CHILD-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO ACCIDENT OCCURRENCE

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.44.5.799 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 799-805

Author(s):

Byron W. Wight

Keyword(s):

Social Characteristics ◽

Environment Interaction ◽

Conceptual Approach ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Remedial Program ◽

Psychotherapeutic Approach ◽

The Social ◽

Childhood Accidents ◽

The Individual ◽

The Cost

Two decades ago, in a pioneering study, the Canadian psychiatrist John Tillmann demonstrated that drivers with a record of repeated automobile accidents did not confine their "accident" behavior to the highway. They were—to a substantially greater extent than accident-free drivers— "in trouble" in various aspects of their lives. Their records in a variety of social and legal agencies documented widespread pathology—economic, social, psychological, physical. Tillmann's conclusion, "You drive as you live," has achieved wide currency, but it has taken almost two decades for his conceptual framework to be applied to nonvehicular accidents—and especially to childhood accidents. Where such attempts have been made—where the investigator has broadened his focus on the "mechanics" of the accident to include a view of the personal and social characteristics of the individuals involved—the findings have been striking. Waller's unpublished study of shooting accidents demonstrates, for example, that those who have such accidents are quite different from gun owners who are accident-free. The paper that follows demonstrates some significant differences between mothers suspected of physically abusing their children and mothers of children whose accidents do not involve the suspicion of abuse. Perhaps because the early, largely discredited, concept of "accident proneness" was fundamentally a psychological one, there remains a tendency in many investigators to seek out psychological characteristics that distinguish child-abusing parents from those who do not abuse their children. Since the significant distinguishing psychological variables usually involve unusual sensitivity to social stresses or a general deficiency in coping ability, a remedial program may attempt either psychotherapy of the individual or a general alleviation of the social stresses. The social approach offers a practical alternative to the cost and uncertainty of the psychotherapeutic approach.

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FALLS AS CHILDHOOD ACCIDENTS: AN INCREASING URBAN RISK

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.47.5.886 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 886-892

Author(s):

R. L. Sieben ◽

J. D. Leavitt ◽

J. H. French

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

Health Hazard ◽

Hospitalized Patients ◽

Older Children ◽

South Bronx ◽

High Rise ◽

Childhood Accidents ◽

Urban Risk ◽

Hospital Affiliation

Falls from heights accounted for 20% of accidental deaths of children in New York City during 1966, and 67% of the children were under 5 years of age. A retrospective study of falls involving more than 10 feet during 1966 to 1968 at a single Bronx hospital affiliation disclosed that 55 children were hospitalized from this cause. Five of these hospitalized patients died, and two were found to have significant residua. This retrospective study of hospitalized patients indicates that falls from heights were a health hazard mainly for preschool males during the warmer summer months in the high rise slums of the south Bronx. Preschool children fell exclusively from windows and fire escapes, with little regard for height. Older children fell from dangerous play areas of lesser height. The need for routine installation of effective window guards is obvious.

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Childhood Accidents

Science ◽

10.1126/science.84.2173.6-t ◽

1936 ◽

Vol 84 (2173) ◽

pp. 6-6

Keyword(s):

Childhood Accidents

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Social determinants of health associated with childhood accidents at home: An integrative review

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0641 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 72 (1) ◽

pp. 265-276 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Márcia Gabriela Costa Ribeiro ◽

Aline Beatriz Rocha Paula ◽

Maria Augusta Rocha Bezerra ◽

Silvana Santiago da Rocha ◽

Fernanda Valéria Silvia Dantas Avelino ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Determinants Of Health ◽

Social Determinants ◽

Parental Behavior ◽

Determinants Of Health ◽

Integrative Review ◽

Parental Employment ◽

The Social ◽

Childhood Accidents ◽

Age And Sex ◽

At Home

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the factors associated with childhood accidents at home according to the levels of the social determinants of health. Method: integrative review of the literature, with research in databases CINAHL, LILACS and PubMed, with the following main descriptors: child; social determinants of health; accidentes, home. We included 31 studies that related the social determinants of health and childhood accidents, in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Results: the proximal determinants identified were: age and sex of children, and ethnicity. Among the intermediate determinants of health, parental behavior, related to the supervision of an adult, prevailed. Parental employment and socioeconomic status were identified as distal determinants. Conclusion: the age and sex of the child, besides direct supervision, were the determinants most associated with accidents. The distal determinants should be better studied because their relation with the occurrence of domestic accidents has not been sufficiently clarified.

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