title: Safe Kids Worldwide: preventing unintentional childhood injuries across the globe.
abstract: Unintentional injuries are predictable and preventable. Yet every hour, a child in the United States dies from an unintentional injury. Globally, the number is even more staggering, with nearly 1 million children dying from unintentional injuries each year. Motor vehicle-related injuries, burns, drowning, falls, suffocation or choking, and poisoning are just a few of the unintentional injury risks threatening children. Patient safety requires a three-pronged strategy of behavior change, use of safety devices, and improvement of laws and regulations to ensure that all children lead healthy and productive lives.
authors.affiliation: Safe Kids Worldwide, Washington, DC 20004, USA. amickalide@safekids.org
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mickalide
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*