Injuries in Day Care

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 808-809
Author(s):  
FREDERICK P. RIVARA ◽  
CAROLYN DIGUISEPPI
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Effective Intervention ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Injury Control ◽  
Sizeable Number ◽  
Home Injury ◽  
At Home

In Reply.— We appreciate the comments of Gielen et al on our study examining the risk of injuries to children in day care compared with the risks of injuries to children at home. Injury control, a problem ignored for far to long, is finally beginning to attract a sizeable number of investigators and practitioners. Nevertheless, resources are still extremely scarce, and we encourage others involved in this area to use criteria similar to those used at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in choosing a topic for intervention: the injuries must be frequent, they must be severe, and an effective intervention should exist.

How Safe Are Day Care Centers? Day Care Versus Home Injuries Among Children in Norway

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Branko Kopjar ◽  
Thomas Wickizer
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Parent Questionnaire ◽  
Injury Control ◽  
Adjusted Incidence ◽  
At Home

Objectives. The study's objective was to examine and compare injury rates of children ages 6 months to 6 years in day care centers and homes. More specifically, we tested the hypothesis that the injury rate is lower in day care centers than at homes, as suggested by previous studies. Methods. A comprehensive prospective injury registration was carried out in Stavanger, Norway, during 1992. We obtained data from this system to identify injuries occurring in day care centers, homes, and other places during 1992. Exposure-adjusted incidence rates were calculated to compare the risk of injury at day care centers, homes, and other places. We also obtained data from medical records on use and costs of medical care. In addition, a parent questionnaire was developed and used to gather data on the amount of injury-related restricted activity. Results. Among 9454 children ages 6 months to 6 years in Stavanger, 770 injuries occurred during 1992: 96 in day care centers, 472 at home, and 202 at other places. For children ages 6 months to 2 years, the rate of injuries was significantly lower in day care centers than at home (1.2 and 2.5, respectively, per 100 000 children-hours), but for children ages 3 to 6, the rates of injuries were similar in day care centers and at home (1.3 and 1.5, respectively, per 100 000 children-hours). The great majority of children attending day care centers were from 3 to 6 years of age. No significant differences were found in the severity of the injuries. Conclusions. For children ages 3 to 6 years, which included most of the children attending day care centers in Stavanger, Norway, day care centers were not found to be safer than homes. We think continuing attention should be paid to injury control in day care centers.

Determinants of non-adherence to home injury prevention practice among parents of under-five children in North Seberang Perai district, Penang: A mixed-methods study protocol (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Abdul ◽  
Hayati Kadir @ Shahar ◽  
Nor Afiah Mohd Zulkefli ◽  
Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children ◽  
Home Injury ◽  
At Home

BACKGROUND Unintentional injury is a global burden of disease that occurs everywhere, including our home. Young children are most vulnerable to home injuries because they are still developing their physical and psychological skills and spent most of their time at home. Despite being largely preventable, three consecutive national surveys show no reduction in the rate of injury among children under-five. More surprising, children from high-income families were found to have the highest incidence of injury, contradicting the findings from other countries. OBJECTIVE This study aims to identify the determinants of a non-adherence to unintentional home injury prevention practice among parents of under-five children in North Seberang Perai district, Penang. METHODS This sequential explanatory mixed-methods study consists of two phases starting with a quantitative study looking into respondents and their child’s sociodemographic status and their home injury prevention practice, followed by a qualitative study that interview parents with a low level of home injury prevention practice. In phase I, the parent or primary caregiver of a child age less than five years old who age 18 or older and is a Malaysian will be included in the study while being disabled or having a severe psychiatric disorder or having the index child diagnosed with chronic disease will make them not eligible to participate in the study. Derived using two population means formula, a sample size of 495 parents will be sampled among those with under-five children following up at the Maternal Child Health Department in the health clinics of North Seberang Perai using stratified systematic sampling. Independent t-test/Mann Whitney U, simple linear regression and multiple linear regression will be used for data analysis. The sample will be stratified according to household income to look for associated factors and determinants of low prevention practice. In phase II, parents with a low score from the quantitative study will be selected to participate in the qualitative study using purposive sampling. A semi-structured interview using the help of an interview guide will be carried out and recorded with a voice recorder. Thematic analysis approach will be used to analyse the qualitative data. RESULTS The study has been registered under the National Medical Research Registry and awaiting ethical approval. CONCLUSIONS It is hoped that findings from this study can shed light on the barriers faced by under-five parents in carrying out preventive measures at home.

scholarly journals Continuous Glucose Monitoring Accuracy Results Vary between Assessment at Home and Assessment at the Clinical Research Center

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1103-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoeri M. Luijf ◽  
Angelo Avogaro ◽  
Carsten Benesch ◽  
Daniela Bruttomesso ◽  
Claudio Cobelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Research ◽  
Continuous Glucose Monitoring ◽  
Glucose Monitoring ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Clinical Research Center ◽  
Monitoring Accuracy ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Construction of a Scale for Investigating Pre-School Children’s Social Situations of Development: Focusing on Activities instead of Abilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hedegaard ◽  
N. Lyberth
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Independent Features ◽  
Core Activity ◽  
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This paper discuss principles for the design of a tool to screen 3- and 5-year-old children’s social situation of development in Greenland. We describe this tool as radical-local, building it on a theory of child development that focuses on children´s activities as cultural, anchored in local conditions and traditions, where play is seen as the core activity for preschool children. In constructing Investigating children’s situation of development (Undersøgelse af børns udviklingssituation — UBUS 3 and UBUS 5) we have aimed at creating an instrument that can be used to evaluate children’s health, wellbeing and activities in their everyday settings of day-care and at home in Greenland. The assessment focus on interaction with care-persons and other children, not on children’s abilities as isolated and independent features. For preschool children these conditions and their participation in these conditions create the child’s social situation of development.

scholarly journals Consequences of COVID-19 on my experiment of gene overexpression in beans

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma Sarai González-Meléndez
Keyword(s):  
Subcellular Location ◽  
Confocal Microscope ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Gene Overexpression ◽  
Research Centers ◽  
Experimental Phase ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
At Home

<p>My name is Salma Meléndez and I am currently a graduate in Agrogenomic Sciences. In March 2020, when COVID-19 was detected in Mexico, I was in my eighth semester of my undergraduate degree. At that time, he had an experiment of overexpression of a gene in bean roots, in order to explore its function during symbiosis with rhizobial bacteria. Unfortunately, the laboratory and the entire campus canceled their face-to-face activities in order to reduce the risk of contagion. An alternative was to take the experimental plants to my house to give the proper care, however, the situation became difficult as I did not have the space or the required conditions at home. On the other hand, other research centers with which we had collaboration agreements also canceled access, such is the case of the Optical Research Center, where we used the confocal microscope to detect subcellular location of proteins. The closure of institutions allowed me to write theoretical parts of my thesis, however, the experimental phase was definitely affected for at least six months. The experiment with the plants was almost completely lost. In the subsequent months I had the opportunity to re-enter my institution; however, under strict conditions and on staggered days, which made certain measurements that require daily continuity difficult. Currently, the laboratory is not as it used to look, full of colleagues sharing results and difficulties, exchanging advice and even certain materials. I think the pandemic has pushed us to do our work more individually and slowly. Consequently, my degree was delayed and transferred from 2020 to 2021. There are still many challenges to overcome, although activities have not been fully restored, science does not stop and we have found a way to face it, slowly but surely.</p>

scholarly journals Exploring Single, Stay-at-Home, and Gay Fathers’ Perspectives of Masculinity and the Influence These Have on Their Understandings of Their 4- to 12-Year-Old Children’s Outdoor Risky Play

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-125
Author(s):  
Michelle E. E. Bauer ◽  
Audrey R. Giles
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Gay Fathers ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Child Injury Prevention ◽  
Risky Play ◽  
At Home

Fathers’ perspectives on masculinity can influence their perspectives on their children’s outdoor risky play. This study makes a novel contribution to bridging a gap in knowledge that exists between the fields of sexuality, family dynamics, and child injury prevention by exploring single, stay-at-home, and gay fathers’ perspectives on masculinity and the influence that these have on their perspectives of their 4- to 12-year-old children’s outdoor risky play practices. Through the use of semistructured interviews and critical discourse analysis, three discourses were identified: Masculinity and fatherhood are being redefined, fathers play an important role in their children’s experiences of outdoor risky play, and fathers should enforce limits during their children’s outdoor risky play.

A STUDY OF THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-347
Author(s):  
Chandrakant P. Shah ◽  
Demetrios Papageorgis ◽  
Geoffrey C. Robinson ◽  
Claire Kinnis ◽  
Sydney Israels
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Parental Choice ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Occupational Class ◽  
Choice Of Care ◽  
Parents Education ◽  
At Home

In a population of hospitalized children, 45% of the 611 parents whose children qualified for day care stated they would have preferred day care if such an alternative had been available at the time and if the choice of type of care had been left to them. Factors which seemed related to the parents' choice of care were the child's age, the distance from home to hospital, the parents' education, the parents' perception of the degree of safety afforded by hospitalization, and the ability to make the necessary arrangements to care for the child at home following day care. No relationship was found between parental choice of care and such variables as type of day care recommended (medical or surgical), sex of child, number of employed family members, occupational class, and family income.

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