OBJECTIVE Group-based trajectory modeling was used to identify patterns of posttraumatic stress symptom (PTSS) in children 6-16 years following accidental injury. The aims were to: (a) identify probable groups of children following distinct trajectories, and (b) identify risk factors affecting the probability of group membership. METHOD Children's Impact of Events Scale (n = 190) was used to ...

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, in 2005, an estimated 1460 children died of maltreatment. The purpose of this study is to further examine the pattern of bony injuries in child maltreatment fatalities, with an emphasis on the prevalence of antemortem fractures and the presence of associated perimortem fractures. The sample was 162 male and female children. The majori...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether area wide traffic calming distribution reflects known inequalities in child pedestrian injury rates. To determine whether traffic calming is associated with changes in childhood pedestrian injury rates. DESIGN Small area ecological study, longitudinal analysis of injury rates with cross sectional analysis of traffic calming and method of travel to school. SET...

OBJECTIVES To compare the age specific rate of passenger injury and associated restraint use for children 2 years and younger in the state of Western Australia (WA), with the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia for the period 1982-92. SETTING The states of WA and NSW, Australia. METHODS A descriptive retrospective study of child passenger injuries in WA and NSW was conducted for the p...

Those interested in child survival frequently cite and follow the under-five mortality rate. While a useful measure, the under-five mortality rate lumps together neonatal and post-neonatal mortality with deaths in the 1-4 year period. Unfortunately, this hampers public health decision making about the most appropriate child survival strategies as children survive beyond their first year of life.