Bottom Line: A research letter looked at how parents made changes at home after unintentional injuries sent children to emergency departments. In the study of 104 children (6 months to 7 years old) who experienced 123 injuries, falls at home were most common with most injuries to the head/neck/face area. More than half of parents made modifications at home, such as storing hazardous products, after an unintentional injury to a child. Medical records were reviewed and parents were interviewed for the study.
Authors: Vanya C. Jones, Ph.D., M.P.H., of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, and coauthors
To Learn More: The full study is available on the For The Media website.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2781)
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