[Emergency Department (ED) administrative data--what can we learn from this data about pediatric injury? Is there a need for a designated injury surveillance system?].

Background: Data on injury characteristics can help direct prevention activities.

Aims: To explore the potential use of Emergency Department (ED) data as a source of information regarding child injury in Israel. To examine the need for a designated injury surveillance system in Israel.

Safe communities for children: insight from a pilot program for preventing unintentional injuries.

This study presents insights in safety promotion of community-based intervention programs, in preventing unintentional injury among children. We modeled and used an evaluation tool to estimate the effectiveness of a community-based injury prevention program. The intervention program consisted of a five-year multidisciplinary, multi-strategic childhood safety promotion and injury prevention protocol.

[The rationale for promotion of bicycle helmet legislation for children up to 18 years].

Background: Each year, many children suffer from injuries caused by bicycles, scooters, skateboards, and roller skates accidents. Head injury is the most common cause of death and serious disability in bicycle-related crashes. In various studies the use of bicycle helmets has been proven to be the most effective measure in preventing head injury: the use of bicycle helmets reduced the risk of head and brain injury by 85-88%.

[Parents' risk perception and analysis of children's injuries scenarios from cold fat removers].

Background: Cold fat removers cause serious injuries to children.

Objectives: (1) To examine the knowledge, awareness and reported behaviors of parents concerning cold fat removers and to follow trends over time, before and after an intervention program. (2) To learn the common scenarios of injuries from cold fat removers in order to deepen the understanding of their occurrence and to promote prevention activities.

Epidemiology of pediatric bite/sting injuries. One-year study of a pediatric emergency department in Israel.

Animal bite/sting injuries are a known source of morbidity with a significantly higher incidence among children who are most often bitten in the face, head, and neck. The objective of this study was to provide a better understanding of bite/sting injuries treated at the pediatric emergency department in order to guide preventive efforts. The sociodemographic, epidemiological, and clinical data on all bite/sting injuries treated in one representative pediatric emergency department in Israel over a 1-year period were retrieved and analyzed.

Parental knowledge on car safety for children: an Israeli survey.

The objective of this study was to assess the level of parental car safety knowledge and actual behavior regarding their children under the age of 15 years. This study forms part of the National Center for Child Safety and Health in Israel (Beterem) program to examine awareness on child safety. Seven hundred and five Jewish families with at least one child at home younger than 15 years (a total of 1,345 children) were used as a randomized sample of the Jewish population.

Childhood injury prevention: intervention in the Bedouin city of Rahat.

For several years, the National Center for Children's Health and Safety (Beterem) has worked on many levels to promote safety and prevent injury of the children in Israel. As part of intervention programs in 20 communities around Israel, this paper describes a 1-year, multidisciplinary, multistrategic childhood safety promotion and injury prevention project. The project took place in the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Southern part of Israel, the Negev, conducted by a local safety coordinator.

Child injury in Israel: emergency room visits to a children's medical center.

The object of this study was to provide data for policy making and prevention program planning in Israel. The study examined all visits to the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Schneider Children's Medical Center in 1996 (41,279 visits in total). Approximately 22.

Youth injury in Israel: an appeal for change.

Unintentional injury in children and adolescents have raised public health concerns in recent years, because it is the leading cause of death, a physical burden for the injured person, an emotional and social burden for the families together with an economic burden for society. The National Center for Children's Safety and Health in Israel was established in 1995 at the Schneider Children's Medical Center in order to focus on prevention of childhood and adolescent injury and safety. Over these years data has been collected from the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of Health, the National Trauma Register, Police and the National Poison Center in order to look for trends and develop strategies for intervention.