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Injuries in child care centers: gender-environment interactions.

A Alkon1, D R Ragland, J M Tschann

  • 1University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, 94143-0606, USA. abbeyalk@uclink4.berkeley.edu

Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
|September 26, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Younger children and girls in low-quality child care centers face higher injury risks. Both physical safety and socioemotional environments impact preschooler injury rates.

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric injury prevention
  • Child development
  • Environmental health

Background:

  • Child care settings are crucial environments for preschooler development.
  • Understanding factors contributing to injuries in child care is vital for prevention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how child characteristics (age, gender) and child care center environments (socioemotional quality, physical safety) jointly predict injuries in preschool children.
  • To identify specific interactions between child and environmental factors in relation to injury incidence.

Main Methods:

  • A two-year prospective study involving 360 preschool children (ages 2-6) across four urban child care centers.
  • On-site observations assessed center quality and physical safety; teacher reports documented injury rates.

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  • Poisson regression analyses examined age, gender, center quality, center safety, and their interactions as predictors of injury.

    • Main Results:

    • Younger children (ages 2-6) had significantly higher injury rates.
    • An interaction between gender and center quality showed girls in low-quality centers had more injuries, while girls in high-quality centers had fewer than boys.
    • An interaction between gender and center safety indicated girls in high-safety centers had more injuries than boys, but fewer in low-safety centers.

    Conclusions:

    • Injuries can occur even in safe environments, highlighting the role of socioemotional context alongside physical safety.
    • Gender-specific differences in environmental susceptibility influence children's injury risk.
    • Preventing preschooler injuries requires addressing both physical and socioemotional aspects of child care environments.