31 research outputs found
Child Injury Risks are Close to Home: Parent Psychosocial Factors Associated with Child Safety
The association between bullying-related behaviours and subjective health complaints in late adolescence: cross-sectional study in Greece
School transportation safety
This policy statement replaces the previous version published in 1996. It provides new information, studies, regulations, and recommendations related to the safe transportation of children to and from school and school-related activities. Pediatricians can play an important role at the patient/family, community, state, and national levels as child advocates and consultants to schools and early education programs about transportation safety
Foreign body injuries in children: need for a step forward against an old yet neglected epidemic
Are paediatricians aware of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency guidance for common medical conditions?
Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of the Pediatrician
The American Academy of Pediatrics and its members recognize the importance of improving the physician\u27s ability to recognize intimate partner violence (IPV) and understand its effects on child health and development and its role in the continuum of family violence. Pediatricians are in a unique position to identify abused caregivers in pediatric settings and to evaluate and treat children raised in homes in which IPV may occur. Children exposed to IPV are at increased risk of being abused and neglected and are more likely to develop adverse health, behavioral, psychological, and social disorders later in life. Identifying IPV, therefore, may be one of the most effective means of preventing child abuse and identifying caregivers and children who may be in need of treatment and/or therapy. Pediatricians should be aware of the profound effects of exposure to IPV on children