Injury Prevention for Young Children: A Research Guide / Edition 1

by Bonnie L. Walker

Overview

Unintentional injuries, including car crashes, drowning, burbans, poisoning, and suffocation, are a leading cause of death to young children. Child abuse, infectious diseases, and food poisoning also affect children under five. This bibliography provides information useful to those who care for young children, who are doing research on how to prevent injuries, or who supervise or train people who care for children either in child care or home settings. The volume is organized by types of injuries, and each section includes references providing information about prevalence, risk factors, specific hazards, and prevention techniques for the the injury area.

Unintentional injuries, including car crashes, drowning, burbans, poisoning, and suffocation, are a leading cause of death to young children. Child abuse, infectious diseases, and food poisoning also affect children under five. This bibliography provides information useful to those who care for young children, who are doing research on how to prevent injuries, or who supervise or train people who care for children either in child care or home settings. The volume is organized by types of injuries, and each section includes references providing information about prevalence, risk factors, specific hazards, and prevention techniques for the injury area.

The opening chapter of the book includes references that address injury prevention in general or more than one injury class as well as curriculum guides and other training materials addressing more than one injury class. The remaining chapters address individual injury classes. Each chapter opens with a summary of findings related to the injury prevention topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313296864
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/13/1996
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in Medical Studies , #12
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1290L (what's this?)

About the Author

BONNIE WALKER is president of Bonnie Walker and Associates. She has also compiled Injury Prevention for the Elderly (Greenwood, 1995).

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
General Injury Prevention
Burbans and Scalds
Child Abuse and Firearms
Choking and Asphyxiation
Drowning
Falls
Infectious Diseases and Foodborne Illness
Motor Vehicle, Pedestrian, and Riding Toys Accidents
Poisoning, Chemical Burbans, Bites, and Allergic Reactions
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

Unintentional injury is one of the leading causes of death to young children. This guide provides bibliographic information that can be used to develop injury prevention training curriculum for caretakers of children 0 to 4 years old, both in care facilities and the community. The introductory section covers general injury prevention, and the following sections deal with specific situations: burns, child abuse and firearms, choking and asphyxiation, drowning, falls, infectious diseases, vehicle injury, poisoning, bites, and allergic reactions. Each entry includes a brief summary of the article or book indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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