Recorded: EIP 2011 ● Language: English ● Duration: 15 minutes ● Topic: General Pediatrics

     
 

Speaker: FRED RIVARA, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Editor-in-chief, Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, USA

  
     
  Learning Objectives: At the end of the session participants will: (1) Understand that injury is the leading cause of death after the first year of life for children and adolescents in high income, middle income and low income countries (2) Understand the major causes of injury morbidity and mortality (3) Learn feasible prevention strategies for the most common injury problems (4) Understand methods to measure progress in injury prevention and control