TY - JOUR
T1 - Pedestrian injuries to children and youth
AU - Guyer, B.
AU - Talbot, A. M.
AU - Pless, I. B.
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to thank Carey Azzara for preparation of the tables and figure and Francine Saunders, Dan Torosian and Shirley Phipps for preparation of the manuscript. This work was supported, in part, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Maternal and Child Health, Grant No. MCH 022001, through the Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program, Division of Family Health Services, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - With few exceptions, streets, highways, and motor vehicles have been engineered to promote more efficient transportation rather than to protect the safety of pedestrians. As a result, traffic-related injuries to children predominate as the most serious child health problem in Western society. To understand the problem of pedestrian injuries and implement effective strategies, clinicians and public health workers must begin to work with engineers, safety officials, and city planners who dominate this field. The purpose of this paper is to review the epidemiology of pedestrian injuries and introduce clinicians to the literature on pedestrian traffic safety and child behavior.
AB - With few exceptions, streets, highways, and motor vehicles have been engineered to promote more efficient transportation rather than to protect the safety of pedestrians. As a result, traffic-related injuries to children predominate as the most serious child health problem in Western society. To understand the problem of pedestrian injuries and implement effective strategies, clinicians and public health workers must begin to work with engineers, safety officials, and city planners who dominate this field. The purpose of this paper is to review the epidemiology of pedestrian injuries and introduce clinicians to the literature on pedestrian traffic safety and child behavior.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)34764-2
DO - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)34764-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 3975086
AN - SCOPUS:0021912189
SN - 0031-3955
VL - 32
SP - 163
EP - 174
JO - Pediatric Clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -