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Introduction Childhood is the age span from birth to adolescent stage. In common terms, childhood is considered to start from birth. Injury is defined as the physical damage that results when a human body suddenly subjected to energy (1 . Injury can be mechanical, thermal, chemical or radiated. Injury may be !alling, drowning, poisonings,
Common Injuries and Accidents "oad traffic injuries #rowning $urns, !ire or flames %oisonings Cho&ing '(amples of )*erious) Injury !racture Internal injury *e+ere cuts $urns (e(cluding friction burns Concussion *e+ere general shoc& re,uiring hospital treatment
-$.'C/I0'* 1eneral objecti+es2 /o *tudy the research on Childhood Accidents and Injuries. *pecific objecti+es2 /o study about the sufferings of the children among those Accident and Injuries. /o study about child injuries and accidents. /o study the socio3economic factors assiociated to injuries and accidents.
4ethodology /o prepare this term paper 1oogle was used on journal and articles. /he articles related to childhood accidents and injuries are studied.. /o collect the updated information and ad+anced 1oogle search was also done and +arious boo&s from the city library were also studied for the preparation of this term paper. /his research was prepared by using data sources a+ailable on internet.
!I5#I51* A5# #I*C6**I-5 Childhood injury is a major public health problem that re,uires serious attention. Injury and +iolence is a major &iller of children through out the world, responsible for about 789
999 deaths lin children and young people under the age of 1: years each year. (;<- 1lobal $urden of #isease =99> . 6ninterntional injuries account for almost 79? of these cases. /hey are the leading cause of death for children aged 19317 years. ;orldwide, children injuries are growing problem. '+ery year, appro(imately :@8, 999 children are &illed and nonfatal injuries affect the li+es of between 19 million and A9 million more globally. -+er 78? of these deaths and injuries occur in low and middle income countries. (= =. http2BBwh,libdoc.who.intBpublicationsB=998B9=>187A>18C eng.pdf.
6nintentional injuiries are a leading cause of death among children and young adults.(A -+er :@8, 999 children less than 1: years of age die annually in the world as a result of injuries, mostly in low3 and middle3income countries (D4IC , where injuries account for 1A? of the total burden of morbidity among children less than 18 years of age.(>,8 . A.
A child)s en+ironment plays a critical role, both in the occurrence and the se+erity of an injury. 4ost injuries ta&e place in or near a child)s home where unsafe play areas and play things may often be found, as well as chemicals, medicines, poisons, and other dangers. Age, se( and economic factors are important determinants of injury incidence. 5ot only are children particularly prone to injuries, but also the types of injuries depen on age2 +ery young children tend to be more at ris& for poisoning, drowning and burns while older children nd adolescents are more at ris& for road traffic injuries. 4ales are nearly two times more at ris& than females, both in terms of disease burden and death from injuries.
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