TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Preventing injury and injury-related disability in children and adolescents
JO  - Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
A1  - Barlow, Barbara Ann
A1  - Pressley, Joyce C.
SP  - 133
EP  - 140
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
N2  - Injury is the leading cause of death and a prevalent source of disability and excess health expenditures in children and adolescents. There are predictable patterns to injury that provide clues to prevention. Epidemiologically-based theoretical frameworks are available to guide development of injury prevention strategies, to add structure to our observations, and focus to our prevention activities. While all-cause injury mortality rates have decreased in children and adolescents over the last 20 years, large ethnic disparities persist, indicating the need for intensified efforts in high-risk communities. Strong leadership from pediatric surgeons and pediatricians operating hospital-based community injury prevention programs has produced successful reductions in child and adolescent injury rates in resource-limited and minority neighborhoods. Among the program features considered essential are: (1) an ongoing injury surveillance system; (2) well-focused, multifaceted prevention activities, including both passive and active prevention approaches; (3) education; (4) enlistment of other health professionals, local government officials, community leaders, and the public; and (5) evaluation and refinement of prevention activities.
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SN  - 1055-8586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -