Newborn, Toddler, and School age child safety and wellness

1. Newborn, Toddler, and School age child safety and wellness

2. A comparison of respiratory patterns in healthy term infants placed in car safety seats and beds: • http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2010425755&site=ehost-live&scope=site • Compared apnea, hypoapnea, bradycardia, and o2 desats with term babies in hospital crib (30 mins), car safety bed (60 mins) and car seats (60 mins). • N=200 newborns • “The mean total time spent with an oxygen saturation level of <95% was significantly higher (P = .003) in both safety devices (car seat: 23.9%; car bed: 17.2%) when compared with the hospital crib (6.5%).” • Car seats and beds should only be used when transporting because of significant decrease in oxygen saturation.

3. Meeting an unmet need: healthcare professionals and toddler nutrition and feeding. • http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2009899091&site=ehost-live&scope=site • Good nutrition in early life is crucial • “poor nutrition and inappropriate diet during the first 3 years can have short- and long-term adverse effects on physical and mental development, as well as increase the risk for chronic adult disease” • Eating habits developed early in life

4. Meeting an unmet need: healthcare professionals and toddler nutrition and feeding. • The “Forum” is multidisciplinary team of experts in infant and child heath and nutrition-it aims to identify knowledge deficits where information is lacking and to improve education. • The Forum focuses on factsheets for healthcare providers , study days which teach on a number of topics involving nutrition, and a website-all to improve especially toddler and young child nutrition.

5. Pedal-cycle injuries among children aged <6 years -- Wisconsin, 2002-2004. • http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2009377082&site=ehost-live&scope=site • Because most safety education aims to encourage bike safety among school age children, a lot of injuries are still occurring. • “during 2002--2004, a total of 2,046 ED visits by Wisconsin residents aged <6 years for pedal-cycle injuries occurred; for 1,305 (63.8%) of these visits, the primary diagnosis was a head or neck injury” • A younger population needs to be addressed with bike safety.

6. School injury among Ottawa-area children: a population-based study. • http://0-search.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2010182740&site=ehost-live&scope=site • “Injuries are the leading cause of death among Canadian children and are responsible for a substantial proportion of hospitalizations and emergency department visits.” • This study aimed to see the likelihood of children acquiring injuries at school

7. School injury among Ottawa-area children: a population-based study. • n = 24,074 children brought into urgent care clinics • In addition the school activities most associated with injuries were addressed • They found that 4287 children where injured in school which was 18% of all injuries. • Children 5-14 more likely to have school related injury • The majority of the injuries were fractures from playing and informal sports