CSN
Children's Safety Network
6/24/2015 
Children's Safety Network eNewsletter

CSN's eNewsletter serves as a forum for sharing information about child and adolescent injury and violence prevention. We provide weekly listings of events, journal articles, news items, and reports on specific injury-related topics.  

 

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Hot Car Dangers: How to Prevent Child Deaths | Live Science

At least five U.S. children have died in overheated cars this year, but experts say there are a number of steps that parents can take to prevent such tragedies.
The most recent death occurred last week when a 3-year-old boy in Idaho climbed into a unlocked car at his home, and was later found by his family, according to the Associated Press. Just nine days earlier, an 18-month-old girl in Florida died when her mother, a teacher, left the toddler in a parked car outside the school all day, The Washington Post reported.

 

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In the Media
Injury Topics

Fire and Burn Safety

Pediatric Scalds: Do Cooking-Related Burns Have a Higher Injury Burden? | Journal of Surgical Research

 

Child Maltreatment

Unintended Pregnancy as a Predictor of Child Maltreatment | Child Abuse and Neglect

 

Falls

Childhood Injuries Due to Hay-Hole Falls: A 19-Year Experience at a Rural Pediatric Trauma Center | Pediatric Emergency Care 

 

General

Trust for America's Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Injury Prevention Policy Report | Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

 

Research Matters | Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR)

 

Self Harm

Out of the Blue: Untangling the Association Between Impulsivity and Planning in Self-Harm | Journal of Affective Disorders

 

Emergency Department Visits for Self-Inflicted Injuries in Adolescents | Pediatrics

 

Sports Safety

Patterns of Recovery Following Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents | Clinical Pediatrics

 

Suicide Prevention

Racial Differences in Adolescents' Answering Questions about Suicide | Death Studies

 

The Role of Social Support and Social Context on the Incidence of Attempted Suicide Among Adolescents Living in Extremely Impoverished Communities | Journal of Adolescent Health 

 

Teen Dating Violence

"Bad Romance": Links between Psychological and Physical Aggression and Relationship Functioning in Adolescent Couples | Behavioral Sciences

 


Teen Driving Safety

Young Drivers and Their Passengers: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies on Crash Risk | Journal of Adolescent Health

 

Effectiveness of Parent-Focused Interventions to Increase Teen Driver Safety: A Critical Review | Journal of Adolescent Health

 

Underage Drinking/Illicit Substance Abuse

 

Youth Violence Prevention

Understanding the Role of School Connectedness and Its Association With Violent Attitudes and Behaviors Among an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Youth | Journal of Interpersonal Violence

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The findings and conclusions in these newsletter materials are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the Children's Safety Network.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Child and Adolescent Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Centers Cooperative Agreement (grant number U49MC07499) for $850,000. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.