Association between the inception of a SAFE KIDS Coalition and changes in pediatric unintentional injury rates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between the implementation of a SAFE KIDS Coalition and pediatric unintentional injury rates.

Setting

Shelby County, Tennessee.

Design

Retrospective observational analysis.

Patients

County residents nine years of age or younger presenting to the children's medical center, its emergency department, or its outpatient clinics from 1990-97.

Intervention

Implementation of a SAFE KIDS Coalition.

Main outcome measures

Rates of unintentional injuries targeted by the SAFE KIDS Coalition that resulted in hospitalization or in death. Rates of motor vehicle occupant injuries that resulted in hospitalization or in death. Rates of non-targeted unintentional injuries, namely injuries secondary to animals and by exposure to to

SUBMITTER: Tamburro RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1730880 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature