Research on injuries, the leading health threat to children in the United States, has been
infrequent and badly fragmented. Research on unintentional injuries and research on abuse …

Objective: To review the available evidence in order to identify effective interventions which
health services alone or in collaboration with other agencies could use to reduce …

Sponsored by the Society of Pediatric Psychology, this handbook is recognized as the
definitive reference in the field. In concise, peer-reviewed chapters, leading authorities …

Objective: To examine age and gender differences in children's perception of injury risk and
to evaluate cognitive factors that relate to their appraisal of risk. Methods: The participants …

Multimethod strategies (ie, questionnaires, parents' observations, injury-event recording
diaries, telephone and home interviews) were used to study in-home injuries experienced …

Objective To discuss the role of caregiver supervision in child-injury risk, with attention given
to definitional and methodological issues and outlining important questions to be addressed …

Objective To identify determinants of mothers' home-safety practices for preventing six types
of common injuries to children (burns, poisoning, drowning, cuts, strangulation/suffocation …

A seven-dimension framework, introduced by Baer, Wolf, and Risley in an iconic 1968
article, has become the de facto gold standard for identifying “good” work in applied …

Abstract Objective: To examine 4-to 6-year-old children's knowledge of their parents' home
safety rules and to identify predictors of children's home injuries. Methods: Within the context …

Objective: To determine subsequent risk of unintentional injury among preschool boys
diagnosed with ODD, boys with comorbid ODD and ADHD, and boys matched …