The physical environment and child development: An international review

KT Ferguson, RC Cassells, JW MacAllister… - … Journal of Psychology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A growing body of research in the United States and Western Europe documents significant
effects of the physical environment (toxins, pollutants, noise, crowding, chaos, and housing …

Pediatric unintentional injury: Behavioral risk factors and implications for prevention

DC Schwebel, J Gaines - Journal of Developmental & Behavioral …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for children and adolescents between the
ages of 1 and 18 in the United States, accounting for more deaths than the next 20 causes of …

Impact of a community-based programme for motor development on gross motor skills and cognitive function in preschool children from disadvantaged settings

CE Draper, M Achmat, J Forbes… - Early child development …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The aims of the studies were to assess the impact of the Little Champs programme for motor
development on (1) the gross motor skills, and (2) cognitive function of children in the …

Child injury: The role of supervision in prevention

BA Morrongiello, SL Schell - American journal of lifestyle …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
As the leading cause of death and major contributor to hospitalization for children,
unintentional injury is a significant health problem in the United States. How supervision …

Restorying the self: An exploration of young burn survivors' narratives of resilience

U Lau, A Van Niekerk - Qualitative Health Research, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The results of this exploratory study reflect a shift from public health studies that aim to
examine the risk and prevalence of burn injury, toward eliciting survivors' subjective …

Environmental change interventions to prevent unintentional home injuries among children in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and meta …

S Bhatta, J Mytton, T Deave - Child: care, health and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Unintentional home injury is an important cause of death and disability among
children, especially those living in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs). This …

Nonadult supervision of children in low-and middle-income countries: results from 61 national population-based surveys

M Ruiz-Casares, JI Nazif-Muñoz, R Iwo… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite scarce empirical research in most countries, evidence has shown that young
children are unsupervised or under the supervision of another young child while their adult …

[LIVRE][B] Young children's health and well-being

A Underdown - 2006 - books.google.com
The true wealth of a nation can be measured by the health of its youngest citizens and in the
twenty-first century, children's health and well-being is largely determined by social …

Unintentional injuries among children aged 1–5 years: understanding the burden, risk factors and severity in urban slums of southern India

SL Sharma, S Reddy N, K Ramanujam, MS Jennifer… - Injury …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Globally, 5.82 million deaths occurred among children under the age
of five years in 2015 and injury specific mortality rate was 73 per 100,000 population. In …

Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighbourhood injury among young children in semiurban Ghana: a population-based household survey

A Gyedu, EK Nakua, E Otupiri, C Mock… - Injury …, 2015 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background There are few population-based studies on household child injury in African
countries. Objectives To determine the incidence, characteristics and risk factors of …