Caregiver accounts of unintentional childhood injury events in rural Uganda.

Objective: Complex environmental, social, and individual factors contribute to unintentional childhood injury events. Understanding context-specific antecedents and caregiver attributions of childhood injury events can inform the development of locally-targeted interventions to reduce injury risk in rural Uganda.

Methods: Fifty-six Ugandan caregivers were recruited through primary schools and completed qualitative interviews regarding 86 unintentional childhood injury events.

Caregiver worry and injury hazards in the daily lives of Ugandan children.

Background: Over 95% of unintentional injury-related childhood deaths globally occur in low- and middle-income countries, such as Uganda. Risks for injury in settings like rural Uganda are vastly understudied despite differing patterns of child injury risk. The present study investigated the prevalence and type of hazards in children's environments in rural Uganda, as well as the relationship between hazard exposure and parent attitudes and perceptions regarding unintentional injury.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Clinical Utility of the ADOS-2 and the ADI-R in Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children.

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R) have high accuracy as diagnostic instruments in research settings, while evidence of accuracy in clinical settings is less robust. This meta-analysis focused on efficacy of these measures in research versus clinical settings. Articles (n = 22) were analyzed using a hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristics (HSROC) model.

Supporting Caregiver Use of Child Restraints in Rural Communities via Interactive Virtual Presence.

When used correctly, child restraint systems (CRS) effectively reduce the risk of serious injury and death to child passengers in motor vehicle crashes. However, error rates in CRS use among caregivers are extremely high. Consultation with child passenger safety technicians (CPST) reduces misuse rates, but access to CPST is limited, particularly in rural areas.

Child Pedestrian Street-Crossing Behaviors outside a Primary School: Developing Observational Methodologies and Data from a Case Study in Changsha, China.

Background: Child pedestrian injury is a significant global public health challenge, and prevention programming requires an understanding of the context children face when crossing the street. Methods to understand children's behavior in real-world pedestrian settings are sparse in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods: Children in grades 1-6 were videotaped crossing a three-lane street outside their school in Changsha, China.