[Pediatric injuries at home].
Physical trauma occurred at home with children from zero to six years of age is a descriptive study outlining an epidemiologic case series that aims at characterising trauma and the situations in which it occurs. Subjects were 120 individuals legally responsible for hospitalized children of the mentioned age in the second semester of 2002. The study detected the necessity of implanting an information system in ambulatory care units and hospitals in order to get knowledge about several relevant variables, as sorts, frequency, circumstances and causes for the traumas. The necessity of an educational approach to prevention was also strongly evidenced.
Canabarro
Simone Travi
ST
Faculdade de Enfermagem, Fisioterapia e Nutrição da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. simone@uniworld.com.br
Eidt
Olga Rosaria
OR
Aerts
Denise Rangel Ganzo de Castro
DR
D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male