How to prevent your child from being bitten by the family dog: From 2003 to 2012, dog bites were the 11th leading cause of nonfatal
injury to children between the ages of 1 and 4 years old.
Not exact matches
For parents, it can be difficult
to balance
between encouraging
children to pursue what they love and worrying about
injuries.
According
to a study carried out
between 1990 and 2006, thermal burns caused by heat and fire accounted for nearly 60 % of all
child injuries, with most of these accidents relating
to kitchen appliances.
Research shows that death by
injury is around six times more likely for those ages 15
to 19 as compared
to children between ages 10 and 14.
While a recent position statement by one orthopedic group said that the relationship
between injury and sports specialization «has not been clearly demonstrated,» [3] many experts attribute the overuse
injury epidemic
to year - round play and kids playing and on too many teams at the same time, which take their toll on a
child's growing bones, joints, and muscles.
In most instances, the
injury or death was caused by the drop down side failing
to latch securely and the
child getting trapped
between the drop down and the mattress.
According
to the investigation, many
children suffered
injuries after getting trapped
between the bumper and another object, such as the crib mattress.
A 2009 study conducted as part of Partners for
Child Passenger Safety found that kids
between 4 and 8 were 45 percent less likely
to sustain moderate
to serious
injuries in crashes when they were restrained in high - back or backless booster seats
to lap - and - shoulder seat belts alone — and this reduction in
injury risk went up
to 67 percent for kids in post-1998 car models.
Entrapment
between slats in guard rails or footboard resulting in broken bones, sprains and other
injuries to young
children
Although the use of corporal punishment in
children has been controversial, evidence continues
to emerge highlighting the negative developmental impact of this form of discipline in
children.21, 29 Moreover, this finding is particularly concerning given that
children were only 1 year of age in our study, a developmental stage when
children are unlikely
to understand the connection
between their behavior and subsequent punishment and when spanking is more likely
to cause physical
injury.30
The 2001 SBS textbook cites two studies (from the journals Annals of Emergency Medicine and Developmental Medicine and
Child Neurology) showing that
between 15 percent and 33 percent of SBS - symptomatic infants died, while one - third
to one - half suffered permanent
injury such as paralysis or mental retardation.
The researchers pay particular attention
to how anthropologists can differentiate
between accidental and intentional
injuries in
children.
The study analyzed the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS)
between January 2008 and December 2010 and found 15,613 emergency department (ED) visits were attributed
to injuries due
to legal interventions involving
children.
Based on an analysis of Medicaid claims for nearly 150,000
children diagnosed with ADHD in South Carolina
between 2003 and 2013, researchers including Princeton University postdoctoral associate Anna Chorniy found treatment with ADHD medication made
children less likely
to suffer consequences of risky behaviors such as sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse during their teen years and
injuries.
Dual - stage frontal air bags with GM Passenger Sensing System: The system works with the front passenger seat and differentiates
between adults — 5 th percentile females and larger — and small
children or
child seats
to adjust air bag deployment, which can help reduce the risk of air bag - induced
injuries.
All sorts of income can potentially be tax - free, including: Auto rebates;
child - support payments; combat pay; damages in lawsuits for physical
injury; disability payments, if you paid the premiums for the policy; dividends on a life insurance policy, up
to the total of premiums paid; Education Savings Account withdrawals used for qualifying expenses; gifts; Health Savings Account withdrawals used for qualifying payments; inheritances; life insurance proceeds; municipal bond interest; policy officer survivor payments; profits from the sale of a home, up
to $ 250,000 if you're single or $ 500,000 if you're married; qualified Roth IRA and Roth 401 (k) withdrawals; scholarships and fellowship grants; Social Security benefits (
between 15 percent and 100 percent are tax - free); veterans benefits; and workers» compensation.
The concerning trend has lead experts
to believe there is a causal relationship
between child injuries and parents distracted by mobile devices.
Children between the ages of 0 and 4, adolescents aged 15 - 19, and adults over the age of 65 are most likely
to sustain a brain
injury;
Children between the ages of 0 and 4, adolescents
between the ages of 15 and 19 and adults over the age of 65 are the most likely
to sustain a traumatic brain
injury.
Parents may be able
to recover damages when their
child is injured, and the
injuries are severe enough that they interfere with the normal relationship
between parents and their
children.
According
to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 11,000
children were treated in emergency rooms
between 2011 and 2013 for
injuries involving televisions and furniture.
After being under water for two minutes, most
children tend
to lose consciousness, and brain
injury usually occurs after a
child has been submerged
between four and six minutes.
The people most likely
to suffer a traumatic brain
injury are very young
children, teenagers
between 15 - 19 years old, and adults who are over 65.
The appeal was also based on the argument that the judge should have had regard
to the fact that there was no evidence that «a hypothetical
child» who did meet the manufacturer's criteria would have been safe on a booster seat, and that it was not established that the discrepancy
between the claimant's height and those dictated by the manual instruction made any material difference
to her
injuries.
Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions
between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged
child abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of
child abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not, based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or
injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript
injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological maltreatment (threats
to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats
to self - esteem, or failure
to allow age - appropriate autonomy).
The current research examining the effects of divorce on
children concludes that a constructive divorce in a family with
children requires minimizing the psychic
injury to children through continued relationships with both parents and an atmosphere of support and cooperation
between the parents.1
«Serious incident of abuse» shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following acts
between a parent and the other parent or
between a parent and
child: (a) attempting
to cause or causing serious bodily
injury; (b) placing another in reasonable fear of imminent serious bodily
injury; or (c) causing another
to engage involuntarily in sexual relations by force, threat or duress.
For the purposes of this section, «abuse» shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following acts
between a parent and the other parent or
between a parent and
child: (a) attempting
to cause or causing bodily
injury; or (b) placing another in reasonable fear of imminent bodily
injury.
However, when they controlled for comorbid attention problems, they found that the difference in
injury risk
between the two groups all but disappeared, indicating
to the researchers that attention problems, in
children with or without autism, may be the real factor behind the increased
injury risk seen in previous studies.
In making the link
between domestic and family violence and self -
injury and suicide in
children, we are not only talking about
children's physical safety but also the psychological and emotional safety of
children exposed
to violence.