Unintentional Injury Prevention in the Pediatric Population – Risk Identification and Education

Unintentional Injury Prevention in the Pediatric Population - Risk Identification and Education

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  • Injury Prevention Jeopardy Game

• Learning Objectives

  Students will:

  • Identify common causes of preventable injury in the pediatric population.
  • Describe ways to prevent the common causes of unintentional injury.
  • Develop teaching strategies for parents and children that will help prevent childhood unintentional injury.

• Learner Pre-Work

  For each of the listed resource links below, answer the following questions:

  1. What age group is most at risk for each type of unintentional injury?
  2. What key points would you highlight with parents when teaching about injury prevention.
  3. What injury prevention strategies would you teach to a child? How would you teach the child (consider the developmental stage)?

   

  Resources

  • Burns – https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/burns/index.html
  • Drowning – https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/drowning/index.html
  • Falls – https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/falls/index.html
  • Playground – https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/playground/index.html
  • Poisoning – https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/poisoning/index.html
  • Road Safety – https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/road_traffic_injuries/index.html
  • Sports Safety – https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/sports_injuries/index.html

• Suggested Learning Activities

  1. The Jeopardy-style game provides learners with the opportunity to test their unintentional injury prevention knowledge.
  2. Parent teaching is an important step in the prevention of unintentional injury for children. Listen to the monologues for Damon, Mia, and Thomas. Read the simulation case study scenarios for Damon, Mia, and Thomas. Consider the following questions as you plan what and how to teach these children and families about injury prevention.

   

  a.  Consider the age of the child. What are the most common unintentional injuries for this age group?

  Child	Age	Common Unintentional Injuries	Less common type of injury, but important based on age of child
  Damon
  Mia
  Thomas

  b.  What is the developmental stage of the child? Consider developmentally appropriate communication strategies.

  Child	Developmental Stage	Communication Strategy
  Damon
  Mia
  Thomas

  c.  What is the education level of the parent? Ensure that your teaching is at a level parents will be able to understand.

  d.  Consider the context of the parent and child. How will this influence your teaching? What specific areas of injury prevention will you focus on based on the family’s context?

  e.  What type of teaching strategy would work best for the child and parent(s)? (e.g., reading material, coloring book, YouTube video, demonstration).

• Suggested Reading

  CDC Injury preventions resources
  https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/

  WHO – Immunizations
  http://www.who.int/topics/immunization/en/

• Author Information

  Lee-Anne Stephen, MN, RN 
  University of the Fraser Valley
  Chilliwack, British Columbia