Childhood injuries (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Key issues
Definitions
- The guidance uses the term 'unintentional injuries' rather than 'accidents' as: "most injuries and their precipitating events are predictable and preventable". The term 'accident' implies an unpredictable and therefore unavoidable event. (NICE)
- "Unintentional" is used to refer to injuries that were unplanned. Unintentional injuries can be defined as events in which. The harmful outcome was not sought:
- Fall
- Scalding or Burns
- Sporting Injuries
- "Deliberate" is used to refer to injuries that were planned. A harmful outcome was sought.
- Deliberate harm caused to a child (being pushed by another child or an adult)
- Self-harm behaviour
- The key performance indicators are.
- A&E attendance rate per 1,000 populations aged 0 - 4 years.
- 2.07i - Rate of hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries in children aged 0 - 14 years per 10,000 resident populations