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First published in Clinical Pediatrics (CLP) (2023) by Sage Journals. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00099228231172482

Document Type

Article

Keywords

child, emergency department, injury, pediatric, playground, school

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Clinical Pediatrics

Abstract

Reports of children’s play-related injuries have remained stagnant according to epidemiology studies of the past 3 decades. This article provides a unique look into the context of playground injuries within an entire school district, demonstrating the prevalence of these injuries. This study reports that playgrounds are the leading location of school injury, comprising one-third of all elementary school injuries. This study found that while head/neck injuries were the most commonly injured body region within the playground environment, the proportion of head/neck injuries decreased with age, whereas the proportion of extremity injuries increased with age. At least 1 upper extremity injury required outside medical attention for every 4 that were treated on-site, making upper extremity injuries roughly twice as likely to require outside medical attention as injuries to other body regions. The data in this study are useful for interpreting injury patterns in the context and evaluation of existing safety standards for playgrounds.

Department

Department of Health, Recreation, and Community Services

Department

National Program for Playground Safety

Original Publication Date

5-22-2023

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1 PDF File

DOI of published version

10.1177/00099228231172482

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UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2023 The Author(s). CC BY-NC License

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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en

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