title: Traveling with children: beyond car seat safety.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To spread knowledge and instigate the health professional to give advice on childcare during travels and on child transport safety.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review through the LILACS and MEDLINE(®) databases, using the terms: travel, safety, protective equipment, child, preventive medicine, retrieving articles published in the last 21 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors analyzed 93 articles, of which 66 met the inclusion criteria after summaries were read. For drafting this article, the following sub-themes were proposed: getting ready to travel with children; knowing some of the transfer risks (air, land and water transportation) and exploring the destination with children (sun exposure, accommodations, altitude, food, traveler's diarrhea, insect bites) and return from the trip with children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Over the years, there has been an increase in the number of children who travel around the world. However, this population is still subject to health problems while traveling and may be even more susceptible than the adult age group. These problems arise from a variety of factors, including exposure to infectious organisms, the use of certain types of transportation, and participation in some activities, such as hiking at high altitudes, among others. However, when traveling with children, these risk factors can be overlooked; a trip that is considered safe for an adult might not be a good choice for this age group. The pediatric consultation should be a good opportunity to optimize preventive guidelines at the pre-trip planning.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: janaina_borges09@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Janaina Borges
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Polli
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ismael
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Polli
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D057207:Child Restraint Systems; D002669:Child Welfare; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011322:Primary Prevention; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012449:Safety; D014186:Transportation; D014195:Travel
keywords: Equipamentos de proteção; Medicina preventiva; Preventive medicine; Protective equipment; Safety; Segurança; Travel; Viagem