Playground Safety: Using Research to Guide Community Policy
- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Health Education
- Vol. 30 (6) , 352-374
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10556699.1999.10604656
Abstract
Each year over 200,000 children in the United States require emergency medical treatment for playground-related injuries, costing an estimated $1.2 billion. Thus, the issue of playground safety is a topic of concern for many health care professionals. However, without a reasonable understanding of the scope and magnitude of the problem, any attempts to develop an injury prevention program will be limited. Therefore, this article reviews the data-based playground research so that suggestions can be made concerning the development of a comprehensive playground injury prevention program.Keywords
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