Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to indigenous Australian children (Editorial)

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Kimble, RM
Griffin, BR
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2017
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Burns are a specific health burden, but understanding the detail is vital to finding solutions
It is undisputed that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) children are over‐represented in statistics for injury and death caused by trauma. The incidence of each of the major mechanisms of fatal trauma in Australian children — drowning and low speed vehicle run‐overs — is higher among Indigenous children.1,2 Burn injuries are also more prevalent among Indigenous children.Burns are a specific health burden, but understanding the detail is vital to finding solutions
It is undisputed that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) children are over‐represented in statistics for injury and death caused by trauma. The incidence of each of the major mechanisms of fatal trauma in Australian children — drowning and low speed vehicle run‐overs — is higher among Indigenous children.1,2 Burn injuries are also more prevalent among Indigenous children.
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Journal Title
Medical Journal of Australia
Volume
206
Issue
9
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© 2017 AMPCo Pty Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to indigenous Australian children (Editorial), Medical Journal of Australia, 2017, 206 (9), pp. 389-390, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.5694/mja17.00151. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
Subject
Biomedical and clinical sciences
Psychology