Injury patterns at US and Canadian overnight summer camps: first year of the Healthy Camp study
| Autor: | Linda E. Erceg, R D Comstock, R Stanley, Barry A. Garst, R Cunningham, E Goldlust, Edward A. Walton, Ellen E. Yard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Canada Periodicity Adolescent Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Young Adult Sex Factors Risk Factors Injury prevention Medicine Injury risk Humans Child Trauma Severity Indices business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Targeted interventions United States Hospitalization Camping Wounds and Injuries Female business Risk assessment Demography |
| Zdroj: | Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. 15(6) |
| ISSN: | 1475-5785 |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe injury patterns at overnight summer camps in 2006, and identify risk factors for more significant injury. Design: Surveillance data obtained from Healthy Camp Study from 2006 were analyzed from 71 overnight camps, representing 437 541 camper-days and 206 031 staffdays. Results: Injuries were reported in 218 campers and 81 staff. 51.8% of injured campers were male versus 34.6% of staff. Among campers, 60.1% were evaluated off-site; 2.3% required hospital admission. 43.9% of injuries required .24 h activity restriction (deemed ‘‘significant injury’’). Among campers, significant injury was associated with camp sessions >14 days (RR 1.48); among staff, with male sex (RR 1.85) and camper-to-staff ratio (RR 0.67). There were no associations with age, time of day, setting, or level of supervision. Conclusions: Significant injuries are uncommon at overnight summer camps. Rates appear similar to those in comparable activities. Targeted interventions may further reduce injury risk. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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