Division of Childhood and Adolescence

	Systematic Review of the Relationship between Childhood Injury and Socio-economic Status
	Unintentional Injuries in Childhood: Results from Canadian Health Surveys

Systematic Review of the Relationship between Childhood Injury and Socio-economic Status synthesizes the existing research evidence regarding the relationship between socio-economic status and the incidence of childhood injury. The report also assesses the evidence regarding the relationship between socio-economic status and the uptake of injury-preventing measures or behaviours.

The report was prepared by Plan-it Safe, the Child and Youth Injury Prevention Centre at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in partnership with the CHEO Research Institute and the Thomas C. Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews.

Unintentional Injuries in Childhood: Results from Canadian Health Surveys describes what has been learned about childhood injuries from recent Canadian Health Surveys. The report provides a focused review of the child injury data from the national Population health survey, the General Social Survey, the Health Promotion Survey and the national Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.

Information from these surveys is analysed to provide a description of the characteristics of the children who are injured and the circumstances of their injuries. The report may be beneficial for those developing policies and childhood injury prevention programs. The analysis was conducted by Dr. Barry Pless from the Montreal Children's Hospital and Wayne Millar from Statistics Canada.

	Building Toward Breakthroughs in Injury Control
	Parental Attitudes Toward Unintentional Childhood Injuries

Building Toward Breakthroughs in Injury Control

Unintentional injury continues to be the greatest cause of mortality, morbidity and disability for children and youth in Canada. Injury rates have been decreasing, however, and this has generally been attributed to the efforts of injury prevention stakeholders involved in a broad range of injury control strategies. These include campaigns to increase public awareness, education programs, injury surveillance programs, research and the development of safety technologies, legislation and healthy public policies.

Parental Attitudes Toward Unintentional Childhood Injuries

Childhood injury prevention is one of the key action areas under the Child Development Initiative which was designed to address the conditions of risk faced by young children in Canada. This study is one of many projects supported under this Initiative. While we know that the prevention of injuries is a priority health issue, relatively little is known about parental knowledge and attitudes towards preventing injuries for their children. This project addresses this research gap and provides information that will be helpful in the development of effective injury prevention programs and policies.

	The Economic Burden of Unintentional Injury in Canada (Summary)
	For The Safety of Canadian Children and Youth

The Economic Burden of Unintentional Injury in Canada (Summary)

Canadians working in injury prevention and control have long been frustrated by the lack of detailed information on the costs of injury in this country. To address this important information gap, Health Canada and several external partners supported a project to examine the real costs of injury in Canada. The project was coordinated by the SMARTRISK Foundation and the research was carried out by the Hygeia Group. The complete study report may be accessed by direct link to the web pages of the SMARTRISK Foundation

For The Safety of Canadian Children and Youth: From Injury Data to Preventive Measures collects together Statistics Canada data on mortality and hospitalizations, and Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) data on emergency room visits. It is an invaluable resource for all members of the Canadian injury prevention community.