Pediatricians and the external causes of morbidity and mortality

Blank, Danilo; Liberal, Edson Ferreira

doi:10.2223/jped.1399

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“…Therefore, lack of knowledge is even more alarming because of the possible preventive measures that should be taken, but are not. Studies about it in the Brazilian literature are scarce considering the relevance of this topic (14) . Several studies that included vehicles involved in crashes found that the correct use of restraints, as well as the transportation of children in the rear seat, significantly reduces the risk of death and injuries due to accidents (5,15,25) .…”

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“…As a result of inadequate transportation, children may have major trauma in crashes. There are potentially greater chances of multiple organ injury and a greater incidence of closed trauma, as well as greater potential risk of ejection from the vehicle, which makes head trauma the main cause of death in these cases (14,26) . There is also evidence that, to reduce morbidity and mortality in traffic accidents, all passengers should be using restraints correctly (25) .…”

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Avaliação do conhecimento dos pais sobre segurança no transporte de crianças em veículos automotores e motocicletas

Pereira¹,

Cancelier

Filho³

et al. 2011

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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Avaliação do conhecimento dos pais sobre segurança no transporte de crianças em veículos automotores e motocicletas ABSTRACTObjective: To evaluate parents' knowledge on safe transport of children in motor vehicles and motorcycles.Methods: Cross-sectional study that applied a questionnaire to parents and guardians who were accompanying children in the waiting room for outpatient public and private services. To evaluate knowledge on safe transport of children, the recommendations of the Brazilian Association on Traffic Medicine were used. Data analysis was performed using the chi-square and Mann-Whitney tests for categorical and numerical variables respectively, being significant p<0.05.Results: The sample consisted of 248 parents, 119 from private and 129 public medical services. Among the issues related to motorcycles, 76% of those who usually carry children in this vehicle answered correctly the minimum age allowed for that, however more than 30% of them did not know the safest position to carry children on motorcycles. Considering the automobile transport, the question with the highest percentage of correct answers was about the minimum age to use the front seat, with 64% of correct answers. In other issues, the percentage of correct answers ranged from 24 to 46%. Conclusions:Knowledge of the studied population about safe transport of children in motor vehicles is poor, especially regarding the use of the restraint system, the prerequisites for front seat use, as well the age and the correct form of transporting children on motorcycles.Key-words: motor vehicles; child; safety. RESUMOObjetivo: Avaliar o nível de conhecimento dos pais sobre segurança no transporte de crianças em veículos automotores e motocicletas.Métodos: Estudo transversal, realizado por meio de questionário autoaplicável em pais e responsáveis que acompanhavam crianças na sala de espera de ambulatórios público e privado. Para avaliar os conhecimentos sobre segurança no transporte de crianças, foram utilizadas as recomendações da Associação Brasileira de Medicina do Tráfego. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio do teste do qui-quadrado e as variáveis quantitativas testadas por Mann-Whitney, sendo significante p<0,05. Luiza do Nascimento G. Pereira et alResultados: A amostra foi composta por 248 pais, sendo 119 da rede privada e 129 da rede pública. Dentre as questões relacionadas com motocicletas, 76% daqueles que costumam transportar crianças nesse veículo acertaram a idade mínima permitida, todavia mais de 30% não acertaram a posição segura para tal. Quanto ao transporte em automóveis, a questão com maior percentual de respostas corretas foi referente à idade mínima para utilizar o banco da frente, com 64% de acertos. Nas demais questões, estes variaram de 24 a 46%.Conclusões: O conhecimento da população estudada sobre a segurança no transporte de crianças em veículos automotores é deficiente, tanto no emprego de dispositivos de retenção, pré-requisitos para o uso do banco da frente, bem como idade e forma de transporte de crianças em...

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