Epidemiology of childhood injuries. I. review of current research and presentation of conceptual framework
F. P. Rivara
I reviewed the recent literature on childhood injuries using a conceptual
framework for injury prevention and loss reduction. The framework applies
the epidemiologic factors of host, agent, and environment to the study of
the events leading to an injury and the injury itself. The role of energy
transfer as the etiologic agent for injury was examined. There is a need
for further research involving the characteristics of the host,
identification and modification of injury vectors, and changes in both the
physical and sociocultural environments.
