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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5168.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for children one year of age and older. This session will examine factors that contribute to this statistic. Motor vehicle crashes, the leading mechanism of injury, will be discussed as well as environmental issues such as, parental supervision and the differences between singleton birth households and multiple birth households. | |||
Learning Objectives: Identify various promotional measures for increasing use of booster seats and analyze strategies that have the strongest evidence of effectiveness. Evaluate of the potential differences in type of injuries between multiples and singletons. Articulate how inhibitory control and supervision relate to injuries. | |||
Billie Weiss | |||
Child occupant injury risk in minivan vs. SUV crashes Michael J. Kallan, MS, Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE, Michael R. Elliott, PhD, Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD, Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD | |||
Effect of interventions to increase booster seat use among 4-8 year olds traveling in motor vehicles John E. Ehiri, PhD, MPH, Bill King, DrPH, MPH, Henry O.D. Ejere, MD, MS, Donath Emusu, MD, MPH, J. Scott Osberg, Alyson Hazen, BS | |||
Supervision, temperament and childhood injuries Robert E. Cole, PhD, Christina Koulouglioti, RN, MS, Harriet J. Kitzman, RN, PhD, Kimberly J. Arcoleo, MPH, Elizabeth Anson, BA | |||
Routines of daily living as a moderator of childhood injuries Christina Koulouglioti, MS, RN, PhDc, Robert E. Cole, PhD, Harriet J. Kitzman, RN, PhD, Kimberly J. Arcoleo, MPH, Elizabeth Anson, BA | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Injury Control and Emergency Health Services | ||
Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Nursing | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA