first think of a childhood injury I think of a child falling down and injuring themselves in some way. But injury goes above and beyond that simple way of thinking. Injury is a comprehensive term‚ it covers a wide range of health problems each of which have different dynamics and require a different type of intervention (Baker‚ 1984). Injuries are categorized under 2 basic categories they are either intentional or unintentional. Unintentional injuries often happen by road traffic injuries poisonings‚
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Sleet‚ 2012). However‚ because the rapid physical growth‚ strength‚ motor skills and greater independence of children during their preschool year; they become difficult to supervise and to carry out of danger which places them into the risk of unintentional injury when playing (Hoffnung‚ et al.‚ 2010). Play is the main activity of children’s everyday life in all cultures. It provides children with opportunities for learning about the world around them‚ thus making it significant to children’s healthy
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Discuss 3 actions of caregivers that may lead to unintentional injury among children. What are these unintentional injuries? Three examples of actions of caregivers that may lead to unintentional injury among children are: - The use of infant walkers to promote independent walking in infants. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics‚ reported injuries are overwhelmingly caused by falls‚ either from the walker or with the infant remaining in the walker. Stairs are implicated in 75% to 96%
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Elizabeth Segura HPRS 1304 Elizabeth Segura Childhood Illnesses and Injuries Essay Five common childhood illnesses are chickenpox‚ colds‚ croup‚ diarrhea‚ and ear infections. Starting off with chickenpox‚ it’s a contagious illness that is caused by varicella-zoster virus and may be transmitted by sneezes‚ coughs‚ or shared food or drinks by an infected person. There is a higher risk of getting chickenpox when a person has not had the chickenpox vaccine. The first symptoms start appearing
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Ensuring that a child remains safe from harm or injury during the long journey from infancy to adolescents is a constant task that requires the participation of parents and many other adults who care for and help to raise children‚ and of course the children themselves. Unintentional injuries continues to be the leading cause of death among children older than 1 year‚ adolescents and young adults. The leading causes of unintentional death in the school age child are: (HG‚ 2014). 1)
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Narrative Essay A Childhood injury It was a Saturday like any other Saturday. One afternoon I went outside to go play with a few friends. I was about 6 in the first grade and I was a normal kid. Actually I was a little dare devil. I was doing anything someone dared me to do. But‚ this day would change my mind about all of that. So‚ I found a few friends and we decided to go play at the park. At the park the monkey bars were for the big kid. My friends and I were all looking at the monkeys bars
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Niekerk (2015) give a prime example of the psychosocial development of fatal injured children in their childhood. Many who survive a serious injury are left with disabilities‚ at times with life-long personal and social consequences. The main cause of childhood injuries are from road traffic‚ drowning‚ burns‚ falls‚ or poisoning injuries. Erikson’s psychosocial stages describe common childhood injury in regard to the
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Injuries have always been a consistent occurrence in my life‚ whether they are scrapes and scratches or broken bones‚ yet I have always been able to overcome them and allow such injuries to shape the person I am today. As a young child‚ I quickly discovered that I had hyperextension which. Of course‚ was further complicated by a broken arm procured in the first grade. September of 2015‚ I decided that it would be a good day to hang out at the park with a group of my friends. Everything went great
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instances of discrimination go unnoticed and unchecked because the society‚ more specifically the United States‚ is supposedly past the era of discriminatory practices in work‚ education and day to day living. "In fact‚ racism and sexism can be unintentional as well as intentional and good people who mean well can inadvertently say things that are racist and sexist and homophobic" (Rothenberg 210). Intentional discrimination is what comes to mind when most people think of discrimination. In
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Avoiding Un-Intentional Plagiarism In this paper I will explain the importance of correct citation and giving credit where it is due in order to avoid un-intentional plagiarism. Plagiarism is rampant today there are websites that allow you to purchase papers off of their internet sites re-word them and the turn it in and pass it off as your own efforts. By turning in work that is of your own efforts and is citied correctly will let your teacher or instructor know that you are
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