Office-Based Counseling for Injury Prevention

Injury remains the leading cause of childhood and adolescent death and disability. Appropriate counseling by pediatricians can alert parents and children to many risky behaviors or environments. Appropriate behavior or environmental change by parents and children will be needed to decrease the numbe...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1994-10, Vol.94 (4), p.566-567
Main Authors: Boyle, William E, Bull, Marilyn J, Katcher, Murray L, Palmer, S Donald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Children & youth
Children's accidents
Health counseling
Injuries
Medical sciences
Methods
Pediatrics
Prevention
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Safety
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
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Summary:Injury remains the leading cause of childhood and adolescent death and disability. Appropriate counseling by pediatricians can alert parents and children to many risky behaviors or environments. Appropriate behavior or environmental change by parents and children will be needed to decrease the number of children with significant injury.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.94.4.566