Child injury by traffic accident prevention

M.ª Jesús Esparza Olcina^a, José Galbe Sánchez-Ventura^b, Ana Gallego Iborra^c, Jaime García Aguado^a, Carmen Rosa Pallás Alonso^d, Álvaro Rando Diego^e, M.ª José San Miguel Muñoz^f, Francisco Javier Sánchez Ruiz-Cabello^g, Julia Colomer Revuelta^h, Olga Cortés Ricoⁱ, José M.ª Mengual Gil^j

^aPediatra. Madrid. España.
^bPediatra. CS Torrero La Paz. Zaragoza. España.
^cPediatra. CS Trinidad. Málaga. España.
^dServicio de Neonatología. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. Madrid. España.
^ePediatra. CS Mejorada del Campo. Velilla de San Antonio. Madrid. España.
^fPediatra. CS Paterna. Valencia. España.
^gPediatra. CS Zaidín Sur. Granada. España.
^hDepartamento de Pediatría, Obstetricia y Ginecología. Unidad de Pediatría. Universidad de Valencia. Valencia. España.
ⁱPediatra. CS Canillejas. Madrid. España.
^jCoordinador del Grupo. Pediatra. CS Delicias Sur. Zaragoza. España

Correspondence: MJ Esparza. E-mail: mjesparza8@gmail.com

Reference of this article: Esparza Olcina MJ, Galbe Sánchez-Ventura J, Gallego Iborra A, García Aguado J, Pallás Alonso CR, Rando Diego A, et al. Child injury by traffic accident prevention. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2020;22:e35-e47.

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Abstract

Traffic accident prevention is an issue of social relevance and a very important public health matter.

The working group PrevInfad presents in this document the update of its recommendations for traffic injury prevention in children and adolescents. The published document is brand new and can be consulted in full on the group’s website (previnfad.aepap.org).

The methodology includes the design of an analytic framework, the formulation of structured questions, the search of the evidence and the analysis of the bibliography.

Traffic accidents are considered those caused in motor vehicles with the child as a passenger or with the adolescent as a driver of motorcycles or other vehicles, the accidents suffered by pedestrians and the injuries by falls from bicycles or from collision of bicycles with motor vehicles. The document also includes children that initiate into motorcycle competition.

Many of the preventive actions concern to other levels, nevertheless the pediatricians must act as advisers and as scientific group.

Keywords

● Accidents ● Prevention ● Traffic crashes

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