%0 Journal Article
%T The pediatrician and traffic safety
%J Jornal de Pediatria
%D 2005
%A Waksman, Renata D.
%A Pirito, Regina M. B. K.
%V 81
%N 5 Suppl
%P S181-8
%X OBJECTIVE: To instruct children and teenagers about safe transportation and about their behavior as cyclists and pedestrians. SOURCES OF DATA: The MEDLINE and LILACS databases were searched, using the following terms, from 1995 to 2005: traffic accidents, child, adolescent, morbidity, mortality, age, and gender. Scientific articles on morbidity and mortality from traffic accidents, children in a pedestrian situation, as cyclists or as motor vehicle passengers, were selected. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: More than 300 scientific articles were found, but only the studies that addressed those issues in a broad manner were selected. CONCLUSIONS: Traffic-related mortality rates are still very high and show the necessity to intensify educational campaigns for community awareness, in addition to encouraging investments in effective pedestrian safety. The pediatrician s role is to decrease the number of children and adolescents who get involved in traffic accidents by providing them with traffic guidance and education.
%G 
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria
%@ 0021-7557
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.2223/JPED.1406