Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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Psychological consequences such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are currently neglected in burden-of-injury calculations. ⋯ Ignoring PTSD in burden-of-injury studies results in a considerable underestimation of the burden of injury. This may affect resource allocation and the identification of important prevention priorities.
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Multicenter Study
Predictors of unintentional poisoning among children under 5 years of age in Karachi: a matched case-control study.
Poisoning is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury and a common paediatric emergency in children under 5 years of age. The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with unintentional poisoning among children under 5 years of age presenting to emergency rooms at tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. ⋯ The practice of storing kerosene and petroleum in soft drink bottles and the easy accessibility of chemicals and medicines are potentially modifiable. Health messages focusing on the safe storage of chemicals and medicines and the use of child resistant containers may play a key role in decreasing the burden of childhood poisoning in Karachi, Pakistan.
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To measure the effect of the WHO Safe Communities model approach to increasing child restraint use in motor vehicles. ⋯ The Safe Communities approach was successful in promoting the use of child restraints in motor vehicles through a multifaceted intervention that included efforts in various community settings, instructional classes and child safety seat distribution.
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To increase the number and quality of injury prevention recommendations made by Washington State (USA) child death review teams. ⋯ Injury prevention recommendations are generated in the systematic local review of child deaths. This process can be analysed, measured, supported, and improved.