L2.6: Child Health Injuries

• Prevention of Child Injuries

  ● According to statistics from 2002, children under 18 years of age have died or gotten ill from:

  ○ Animal bites

  ○ Poisoning

  ○ Road Traffic Accidents

  ○ Burns

  ● In the Philippines, such injuries are the 6th leading cause of mortality and 5th leading cause of morbidity.
• Prevention of Child Injuries

  To address such issues, the following laws were established:

  Executive Order 310: Philippine National Strategic Framework for Plan Development of Children (Child 21)

  ○ Goal: Protect and safeguard the rights of Filipino children and synchronize family, community and national efforts towards the full realization of children’s rights, in terms of:

  1. Survival

  2. Development

  3. Protection

  4. Participation
• Prevention of Child Injuries To address such issues, the following laws were established:

  Administrative Order 2006-2016: National Policy and Strategic Framework for Child Injury Prevention and Control

  ○ Addresses issue of child injury

  ○ 5 Priority Areas (Most common injuries):

  1. Electrocution

  2. Vehicle Accident

  3. Poisoning

  4. Falls

  5. Drowning
• Prevention of Child Injuries

  Injury

  Physical damage when the body is suddenly or briefly subjected to intolerable levels of energy.
• Prevention of Child Injuries Injury

  These can cause:

  ● Bodily lesions from acute exposure to mechanical, thermal, electrical and radiant energy.

  ➢ Most common is electrical

  ● Impairment of function due to absence of one or more elements such as air, water, and warmth.

  ➢ Ex: Suffocation
• Prevention of Child Injuries

  Injury Prevention

  Making positive choices about minimizing risk at all levels of society, while maintaining healthy, active and safe communities and lifestyles.
• Prevention of Child Injuries

  Safety Promotion

  Process that aims to provide the population with the means to ensure the presence and maintain conditions necessary to reach and sustain an optimal level of safety.
• PROMOTION OF SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF INJURIES: A MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH

  ● Guiding Principles:

  1. Evidence-Based Principles

  2. Partnership and Shared Responsibility

  3. Integration