Our Shrinking Globe: Implications for Child Unintentional Injuries

Olakunle Alonge; Uzma R Khan; Adnan A Hyder

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2015.08.009

Our Shrinking Globe: Implications for Child Unintentional Injuries

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2016 Feb;63(1):167-81. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.08.009.

Authors

Olakunle Alonge¹, Uzma R Khan², Adnan A Hyder³

Affiliations

¹ International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street E8622, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: oalonge1@jhu.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
³ International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street E8622, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

PMID: 26613695
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.08.009

Abstract

Unintentional injuries are a leading cause of deaths for children of all ages. Globally, they accounted for 15.4% of 2.6 million deaths recorded among children aged 1 to 14 years in 2013. The 12 highest burden countries in the world by absolute death count and mortality are low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) except for Russia and Equatorial Guinea. These countries accounted for 58% of the 406,442 unintentional injury deaths among 1 to 14 year olds in 2013. Globalization drives inequalities in the distribution of economic gains, risks, and opportunities for preventing child unintentional injuries between high-income countries and LMIC.

Keywords: Children; Globalization; Low- and middle-income countries; Road transport injuries; Unintentional injuries.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Accident Prevention*
Accidents, Traffic / mortality
Child
Drowning / prevention & control
Global Health*
Humans
Pediatrics
Risk Factors
Wounds and Injuries / mortality
Wounds and Injuries / prevention & control*