Paes Carlos E N, Gaspar Vera L V
Departamento Científico de Segurança da Criança e do Adolescente, Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria.
J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005 Nov;81(5 Suppl):S146-54. doi: 10.2223/JPED.1402.
To review the characteristics of unintentional injuries and their impact on children and adolescents.
Articles published between 2000 and 2005 in the MEDLINE, EBSCO, Proquest, SciELO, BVS and Google Scholar databases were selected. The authors used the keywords unintentional injuries, injuries, safe home, burns, falls, drowning, scorpions, snakes, poisoning, child, adolescent, mortality, injury control, and hospitalization. Some articles were evaluated based on the selected publications.
Unintentional injuries in the world and in Brazil are analyzed, and so are the behaviors currently adopted for injury prevention and control. The impact on mortality, on physical damage, and the economic burden of injuries are evaluated. Special emphasis is placed on home environment, approaching the effects of child development, social disparities and contextualization of home environment on children's world and vulnerabilities. The main types of events that cause physical damage to the child and adolescent in the home environment are described.
The prevention of injuries in the home environment is possible. In this case, health professionals have the challenge to reduce the consequences of unintentional injuries on the morbidity and mortality of children and young people in Brazil and in the whole world.
回顾意外伤害的特征及其对儿童和青少年的影响。
选取了2000年至2005年间发表在MEDLINE、EBSCO、Proquest、SciELO、BVS和谷歌学术数据库中的文章。作者使用了意外伤害、损伤、安全家居、烧伤、跌倒、溺水、蝎子、蛇、中毒、儿童、青少年、死亡率、伤害控制和住院等关键词。部分文章是基于所选出版物进行评估的。
分析了全球及巴西的意外伤害情况，以及当前用于预防和控制伤害的行为。评估了伤害对死亡率、身体损伤和经济负担的影响。特别强调了家庭环境，探讨了儿童发育、社会差异以及家庭环境在儿童世界和脆弱性方面的背景情况对其的影响。描述了在家庭环境中对儿童和青少年造成身体损伤的主要事件类型。
家庭环境中的伤害预防是可行的。在这种情况下，卫生专业人员面临着降低意外伤害对巴西乃至全球儿童和年轻人发病率和死亡率影响的挑战。
