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Injury prevention for children and adolescents [electronic resource] : research, practice, and advocacy / editor, Karen DeSafey Liller.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Liller, Karen DeSafey.
American Public Health Association.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Children--Wounds and injuries--Prevention.
Children.
Children's accidents--Prevention.
Children's accidents.
Accidents--Prevention.
Accidents.
Wounds and injuries--Prevention.
Wounds and injuries.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (492 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : American Public Health Association, c2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Injuries continue to be the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States. Because of this tremendous public health burden, this second edition of Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Research, Practice, and Advocacy will continue to reach not only academicians, practitioners, and students with the latest data and multifaceted intervention strategies, but also put a ""face"" on injury of the innocent victims and their families.
Contents:
Epidemiology of injuries among children and adolescents : focus on unintentional injuries / Michael F. Ballesteros and David A. Sleet
The cost of child and adolescent injuries and the savings from prevention / Ted R. Miller ... [et al.]
Hazards associated with common nursery products / Carol Pollack-Nelson and Dorothy Drago
Motor vehicle and pedestrian injuries among children and adolescents : risk and prevention / Bruce G. Simons-Morton and Laura J. Caccavale
Home injuries / Eileen M. McDonald, Deborah Girasek, and Andrea Carlson Gielen
Adolescent employment and injury in the united states / Carol W. Runyan, Michael D. Schulman, and Lawrence E. Scholl
Injuries in the school environment / Ellen R. Schmidt, Susan Wooley, and Stephanie Bryn
Childhood agricultural injuries / Barbara C. Lee and Barbara Marlenga
Sports and recreational injuries / Stephen W. Marshall ... [et al.]
Water-related injuries of children and adolescents / Linda Quan, Karen D. Liller, and Elizabeth Bennett
Child physical abuse and neglect / David DiLillo, Rosalita C. Maldonado, and Laura E. Watkins
Firearm injuries / Shannon Frattaroli ... [et al.]
Youth suicide / Lloyd Potter
Global injuries among children and adolescents / Andres Villaveces and Catherine Vladutiu
Moving child and adolescent injury prevention and control research into practice : a framework for translation / Michael Yonas ... [et al.].
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-87553-250-0
OCLC:
826853576

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