5 years of pediatric firearm injury prevention opportunities

5 years of pediatric firearm injury prevention opportunities - PubMed

Pediatric firearm-related injuries have increased during the past 5 years. Prevention strategies have not been effective during this time interval.

Patients and methods Firearm- related injuries in children 15 years old and under at five urban level 1 trauma centers between January 2016 and ...

When public health crises collide: 5 years of pediatric firearm injury ...

We sought to evaluate how we must now adapt our injury prevention strategies. Patients and methods Firearm-related injuries in children 15 years ...

Prevention of Firearm Injuries Among Children and Adolescents

Because of the lack of resources allocated to firearm injury prevention during the past 25 years, research has lagged behind other areas of injury prevention.

Steady rise in children's firearm injuries over past 5 years - BMJ Group

Current prevention strategies failing to stem tide of violence; redoubling of efforts needed The rate of children's firearm injuries has ...

Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention During Early Childhood

This study will assess parents' perceptions of risk and will engage firearm-owning parents of children up to 5 years old with a mixed-methods, ...

A multipronged approach with layers of protection focused on harm reduction, which has been successful in decreasing motor vehicle-related ...

Factors Associated With Recurrent Pediatric Firearm Injury

Children who experience an initial firearm injury are at high risk for experiencing a recurrent firearm injury.

Gun Safety and Injury Prevention - AAP

For over 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics has developed and published position statements with recommended public policy and ...

United States trends in healthcare charges for pediatric firearm injuries

Among 21,951 unweighted cases representing 102,072 pediatric firearm-related injuries, mean age was 16.6 years, and a majority were male (88.2%) and publicly ...

Defining the Full Spectrum of Pediatric Firearm Injury and Death in ...

Approximately 5000 children and adolescents are injured or killed by firearms each year. Nonfatal injuries are twice as common as fatal injuries.

This Is Our Lane: The Urgent Need to Train Residents to Talk About ...

Since 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recommended that pediatricians counsel families on firearm injury prevention (FIP).

Unintentional Firearm Injury Deaths Among Children and... - CDC

Unintentional injury is a leading cause of death among US children and adolescents aged 0–17 years, and firearms are a leading injury method.

Intent of pediatric firearm-related injuries by age group - ResearchGate

Prevention strategies have not been effective during this time interval. Prevention opportunities were identified specifically in the preteenage years to ...

Trends in pediatric firearm-related injuries and disparities in acute ...

Taken together, these studies may indicate that while overall trauma rates have been decreasing over time, a greater proportion of injuries may ...

Pediatric Firearm-Related Injuries: Taking Kids Out of Harm's Way ...

Pediatric firearm-related injury prevention strategies must be multifaceted addressing structural racism, truancy, curfew violation, extra-curricular ...

Variability in firearm injury among major pediatric trauma centers ...

When public health crises collide: 5 years of pediatric firearm injury prevention opportunities. Leah C Tatebe, Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2023.

Firearm Injury Prevention Publications - Yale School of Public Health

Firearm Injuries' Impact on US Children: Broadening Our Work.Ranney ML. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Dec 1. PMID: 34542568. Identifying nonfatal firearm assault ...

An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities ...

And for every child who dies from a firearm injury in the USA, is it estimated that 2.5 times as many are treated in an emergency department for ...

Firearm injuries: A pediatric public health crisis

Since 2002 St. Louis Children's Hospital has cared for 916 children injured or killed by firearms; 35% were younger than 15 years.