title: Childhood injury: significance and prevention strategies.
abstract: Unintentional preventable injury is the number one killer of our children. Each year more children die of injuries than of all childhood diseases combined. It is important for nurses to understand the epidemiology and significance of childhood injury. This article discusses developmental and environmental factors that influence the child's probability of sustaining an unintentional injury and offers suggestions for client, family, and community injury prevention efforts for nurses.
authors.affiliation: Children's Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, IL, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Crawley
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries; D002056:Burns / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004332:Drowning / Q000517:prevention & control; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015370:Infant Equipment; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000517:prevention & control