Parental Perceptions, Risks, and Incidence of Pediatric Unintentional Injuries.

Introduction: More than 9,000 children die annually from various causes of unintentional injury. Of all the pediatric unintentional injuries occurring in the United States, 8.7 million are treated in emergency departments, and 225,000 require hospitalization annually.

Safe summers: Adapting evidence-based injury prevention into a summer curriculum.

Background: Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for those aged 0 years to 19 years. St. Louis Children's Hospital created Safety Land, a comprehensive injury prevention intervention which is provided during summer months.