The Epidemiology and Prevention of Childhood Injuries

An Overview

Hamid Soori, Martha Orendu Oche Attah

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443329432
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

The Epidemiology and Prevention of Childhood Injuries: An Overview takes a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing childhood injuries. Integrating global research and practice, the book aims to significantly advance injury prevention among children. With detailed chapters on epidemiological measures, risk factors, and prevention strategies, it offers a thorough review of childhood injury contexts. The book covers injuries related to transport, home, school, play, sports, workplace, violence, and disasters. It discusses first aid essentials, accountability, and collaboration, concluding with methodologies, data collection techniques, and outcome assessments. This resource is invaluable for researchers, pediatricians, public health experts, and policymakers seeking to protect children. - Offers a reliable, up-to-date resource for understanding and addressing epidemiology, risk factors, prevention strategies, and interventions of childhood injuries - Discusses how different social identities can intersect and contribute to disparities in injury rates and outcomes - Explores how social determinants of health, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and access to healthcare contribute to disparities in injury rates and outcomes - Equips readers with actionable insights, multidisciplinary approaches, and technological innovations that can be applied in various settings to create safer environments for children

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1 Introducing the biggest cause of death for children
• Chapter 2 Epidemiological measures and methods of injuries
• Chapter 3 Why do children have accidents?
• Chapter 4 Transport injuries
• Chapter 5 Home injuries
• Chapter 6 Accidents and injuries in the school and play environment
• Chapter 7 Sports-related injuries
• Chapter 8 Other common injuries of children
• Chapter 9 Children’s accidents in the workplace
• Chapter 10 Violence against children
• Chapter 11 Children’s injuries in disasters
• Chapter 12 First aid for children’s injuries
• Chapter 13 Prevention of children's injuries
• Chapter 14 Who is responsible?
• Chapter 15 The necessity of evaluation
• Chapter 16 Where are we going?
• Chapter 17 A summary of recommendations and ideas for the future
• Index