num_pages: 378
description: Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents offers a comprehensive resource for academicians and practioners alike, putting "faces" on the injuries described. This volume presents the most up-to-date research, practice, and advocacy efforts focused on the major child and adolescent injuries, emphasizing the need for researchers and practitioners to work together in their comprehensive efforts that include education, engineering, and legislative/enforcement strategies. Highlights include chapters on: hazards associated with nursery products; youth suicide and prevention efforts; the newest findings related to costs; firearm injuries; motor vehicle crash injuries; .and more...
title: Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Research, Practice and Advocacy
publisher: APHA Press