He advocates that we establish a national centre for injury prevention and control and
“provide it with strong teeth,” plus, of course, money. Is that what we need? An unpublished …

In 1988 a conference was held in Montreal to consider new approaches to the prevention of
injuries in childhood. Representatives from each of the children's hospitals and several …

With this edition of Injury Prevention, we are pleased to begin the annual submission of
injury mortality rates for children and teenagers in the United States. The 1993 cause …

Injury in children and young people is not inevitable. Accidents and the injuries that result
from them, are not chance events. Patterns of injury can be identified that reflect a person's …

A new year heralds new beginnings in many different ways. One wish which united
everyone involved with the World Report on Child Injury Prevention 8 launched in Hanoi …

Barry Pless MD overall, the great frustration in this field is that so much is known about
prevention that is not fully implemented (9). The ultimate responsibility for this health …

OBJECTIVES: New Zealand (NZ) has an unenviable track record in childhood injury
mortality. We sought to describe this burden and to compare it with the United States of …

" Child injuries have been neglected for many years, and are largely absent from child
survival initiatives presently on the global agenda. Through this World report on child injury …

The European Union (EU) plays an increasingly important part in the everyday lives of
people in all its 15 member states. In the UK, we are beginning to realise that what happens …

Aim The CHIPPS Programme is based in the section of Community Child Health,
Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The aim of this programme …