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Mother’s role in preventing childhood home accidents - doi:10.5020/18061230.2007.p238

open access: yesRevista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2012
Injury has been identified as a major public health problem in Turkey and internationally. In most developing countries, children, especially in 0 – 6 years age group, are at increased risk for home accidents.
Nursan Dede Çinar, Gülay Görak
doaj   +1 more source

Advanced Technologies for Characterizing and Detecting Battery Thermal Failure: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Illustration of advanced characterization techniques to predict battery thermal failure. ABSTRACT Energy storage is essential in accelerating the global transition toward clean and sustainable energy across various sectors. Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) have become increasingly significant for energy storage due to their high energy density, low ...
Yongxiu Chen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accidental injury, risk-taking behaviour and the social circumstances in which young people (aged 12-24) live: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In industrialised countries such as England and Wales, unintended injury (which ranges from sprains in sport to hospitalisation and death due to drugs or transport crashes) is the leading cause of death in children aged 0 to 14 years, and a major cause ...
Burchett, Helen   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Occupational injuries to senior farmers in Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The prevailing demographic change in the western world means that the workforce is becoming older. Farmers in particular often work beyond the normal retirement age, in a challenging physical environment.
Lundqvist, Peter   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Association of a Multimodal Perioperative Care Program With Postoperative Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Implementation of a multimodal perioperative care program and reduction of postoperative complications. ABSTRACT Purpose This retrospective study aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of a multimodal perioperative care program in reducing postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Keiichi Fujiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Department of Health's accidental injury research initiative [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In 1999 the Government?s White Paper, Saving Lives, Our Healthier Nationidentified accidental injury as a priority for action. It set national targets to reducethe rates of death associated with accidental injury in England by 2010 by at leastone fifth ...
Ward, H
core  

Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Night-time accidents: a scoping study. Report to The AA Motoring Trust and Rees Jeffreys Road Fund [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Context: Only a quarter of all travel by car drivers is undertaken between the hours of 19.00 and 08.00, but it is in this period that 40 percent of fatal and serious injuries are sustained by drivers.
Robertson, S.   +3 more
core  

Definitions of community‐level approaches to address substance‐related harms and lessons learned: A systematic overview of reviews

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Community action focused on sociocultural and environmental influences to prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and related harms is a global priority. Despite this recognition, understanding of effective community‐level approaches is limited.
Peter Gates, Andrea Zocco, Sara Farnbach
wiley   +1 more source

Fatores de risco que contribuem para o envenenamento pediátrico Risk factors contributing to childhood poisoning

open access: yesJornal de Pediatria, 2010
OBJETIVO: Investigar se a falta de conhecimento dos agentes tóxicos nos domicílios é fator de risco de evento tóxico individual acidental na infância. MÉTODOS: Grupo caso (n = 25) é composto por cuidadores de crianças com menos de 60 meses, do município ...
Carla Luiza Job Ramos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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