There's no place like home: a preliminary study of toddler unintentional injury.
This household-based study of 100 parents documents the type and frequency of home toddler unintentional injury and describes parental supervision at the time of injury. Also included is a home assessment for injury-related hazards, parental report of the use of home safety measures, and an 8-week phone survey. The mean number of child injuries was 2.8 (SD = 2.69). Five percent of the injuries required medical attention. Overall, one fifth of the injuries occurred when children were unsupervised. Findings suggest that minor injury may have a developmental component that is different from that of serious injury.
Garzon
Dawn Lee
DL
College of Nursing, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA. d_garzon@umsl.edu
Lee
Roberta K
RK
Homan
Sharon M
SM
D000056:Accident Prevention; D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002654:Child Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012647:Self-Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control