Preventing pediatric pedestrian injuries

Gillian Hotz; Amy Kennedy; Khaleeq Lutfi; Stephen M. Cohn

doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e31819d9c9b

Preventing pediatric pedestrian injuries

Gillian Hotz, Amy Kennedy, Khaleeq Lutfi, Stephen M. Cohn

Department of Surgery

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Abstract

Childhood trauma, Pedestrian Injuries, Injury Prevention, Education Pedestrian-related crashes cause an estimated 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries worldwide. There were 32,590 nonfatal injuries reported among children 0 tol4 years of age in the United States in 2006. The incidence of pedestrian injuries seems to be decreasing due to improvements in trauma care and a nationwide decline in walking. This article is a special communication and overview of selected literature regarding efforts to decrease the frequency of pediatric pedestrian trauma. WalkSafe an elementary school-based pedestrian injury prevention program will be discussed as an example of a program that has been able to demonstrate a decrease in injuries in children.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1492-1499
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
Volume	66
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e31819d9c9b
State	Published - May 1 2009

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Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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