2012
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2012.696662
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Unintentional injuries among youth with developmental disabilities in the United States, 2006–2007

Abstract: We examined unintentional injury among youth with and without developmental disabilities. Our nationally representative sample included 6369 injured youth, aged 0-17 years, who were seen in one of 63 U.S. hospital emergency rooms that participated in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System –All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP) in 2006-2007. Parents or guardians of injured youth were interviewed by telephone after the hospital visit to ascertain disability status. Denominator data were obtained from the Na… Show more

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“…Research overseas has documented increased risk particularly relating to falls,5 10 burns,6 motor vehicles7 and assaults 9 31. Previous research often included preschool and primary school children in their study populations,5–10 24 32 and some studies focused on specific types of disability32 or injury 6 7…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research overseas has documented increased risk particularly relating to falls,5 10 burns,6 motor vehicles7 and assaults 9 31. Previous research often included preschool and primary school children in their study populations,5–10 24 32 and some studies focused on specific types of disability32 or injury 6 7…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies comparing accidents among children and adolescents with and without disabilities have demonstrated similar causes of accidents: falls and mechanical forces represent the most prevalent accidents in both groups (9)(10) . However, the risk for these events varies according to one's disability.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Regarding the accident environment, school is one of the main scenarios of accidents involving children; some authors report children, adolescents and young people with disabilities present greater risk than their peers due to their greater vulnerability, changes in neuropsychomotor development, and inability to predict and avoid situations of risk (9,(13)(14)(15)(16) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Brenner et al. () conducted research using 2006–2007 National Electronic System Surveillance data and determined that children with learning disabilities experienced injuries 1.57 times more often than children with other disabilities. Lee et al.…”
Section: Disability and Frequency Of Injuriesmentioning
confidence: 99%