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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"child injury"”.
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Evaluation of Advanced Airbag Performance: Child Injury Exposure
… unintended fatal and injurious consequences for children and small statured adults seated in front of them. An immediate solution allowed for the development of less aggressive airbags (second generation), a subsequent revision to FMVSS 208 required further changes to airbags for the protection …
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Influence of Child Injury Risk Perceptions on Adult Supervision Behavior
<p> Parenting practices play an important role in child safety and injury prevention, and inadequate supervision poses a significant threat to child health. Intervention programs targeting injury beliefs have been shown to positively reduce risky play in children though these efforts vary with age …
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The spatial distribution of injury mortality of children in the western geographic service area, City of Cape Town (2011-2015)
Background: Child injury is a major global public health concern with accounting for nearly 300,000 deaths annually and non-fatal injuries resulting in long or short - disabilities. Young children are more likely to be involved in a non-fatal injury than adolescents, who are more likely to be …
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Human agency and everyday childhood injury risk : exploring household protective measures for children in ward 7, Epworth (Harare) and Samora Machel (Cape Town)
… African informal settlements through the lens of child injury prevention. The methodology used for data collection and data analysis comprised both qualitative and quantitative research methods. A total of 100 household questionnaires were administered in the two study sites. In addition, field …
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The Determinants of Childhood Injury
… injuries is an important health concern among children in that it is a major cause of hospitalizations and disability in North America, and is the leading cause of death for children in Canada. This is in light of the fact that a majority of unintentional injuries can be avoided. The current …
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The Biomechanics of the Perinatal, Neonatal and Pediatric Cervical Spine: Investigation of the Tensile, Bending and Viscoelastic Response
… appear to be age dependent with younger children experiencing more upper cervical level injuries compared to increased lower level cervical injury patterns to older children. The majority of pediatric cervical spinal injuries are motor vehicle crash related. Current progress in child …