<p>Injuries continue to be the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States. Because of this tremendous public health burden, this second edition of Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Research, Practice, and Advocacy will continue to reach not only academicians, practitioners, and students with the latest data and multifaceted intervention strategies, but also put a "face" on injury of the innocent victims and their families. Major child and adolescent injuries are covered along with two new chapters that have great relevance for child and adolescent injuries. These chapters include Global Injuries Among Children and Adolescents and Translational Research Related to Child and Adolescent Injury. The new edition will continue to provide a framework for practitioners, program planners, evaluators, and injury researchers that will serve the injury community now and into the future.</p>

Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Research, Practice, and Advocacy, 2nd Edition

Medical Books

PHD.

Karen DeSafey Liller

Medicine

Amer Public Health Assn

Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents offers a comprehensive resource for academicians and practioners alike, putting "faces" on the injuries described. This volume presents the most up-to-date research, practice, and advocacy efforts focused on the major child and adolescent injuries, emphasizing the need for researchers and practitioners to work together in their comprehensive efforts that include education, engineering, and legislative/enforcement strategies. Highlights include chapters on: hazards associated with nursery products; youth suicide and prevention efforts; the newest findings related to costs; firearm injuries; motor vehicle crash injuries; .and more...

Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Research, Practice and Advocacy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

APHA Press

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