Child Injury and the Determinants of Health

• Otros Autores: Peden, Amy (Editor), Franklin, Richard (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Materias: Humanities; Social interaction; social determinants; children; child-play; mobile phone; injury; supervision; drowning; child health; low-and middle-income country; India; preventative medicine; implementation science; qualitative research; musculoskeletal injury; sports; exercise; risk factors; protective factors; injury prevention; water safety; adolescent; life jacket; swimming lessons; swimming ability; risk behaviors; FMSTM; pubescence; maturation; fundamental movement patterns; functional movement; gender difference; self-injurious behavior; institutionalized child; oral manifestations; work; agriculture; farm; transport; occupational injury; child; risk factor; rurality; socio-economic; determinants of health; road traffic injury; falls; poisoning; violence; self-harm; prevention; intervention; epidemiology; force-angle relationship; isokinetic muscle strength; muscle-tendon unit; maximal voluntary contraction; growth spurt; water; safety; mortality; policy; stakeholder; Global Burden of Disease; multisector; n/a
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The World Health Organization recognizes that injuries are the leading cause of death and disability to children after their first birthday. There is also high morbidity associated with injuries sustained in childhood, often affecting people for the rest of their lives. For every child who dies from...