Study: US gun laws help reduce suicides, not murders, among children. Researchers analyzed data on more than 17,000 child firearm deaths that occurred between 2009 and 2020, including more than 6,700 suicides and more than 10,200 murders.

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Injury-related mortality rates, including firearm-related deaths, among children and adolescents increased in almost every U.S state between 2018-2022. North Dakota’s numbers show the largest increase among states at 65% and Rhode Island saw the largest decrease at 20%

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Parents who teach their kids gun safety are also more likely to leave loaded guns out. Of the gun-owning parents, 47% said they taught their children firearm handling, nearly 37% had their children practice firearm handling under their supervision and over 37% taught their children how to shoot guns

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Almost 3% of population in Gaza was killed by traumatic injury in 9-month period, finds study. Over 64,000 people, 60% of whom were children, older people, and women, were killed by traumatic injury from 7 October 2023 to 30 June 2024. This death rate is 14 times previous death rate from all causes.

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#GazaCrisis #TraumaticInjury #HumanRights #ChildSafety #HealthImpact

Children poisoned by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, has risen in the U.S. – eight years of national data shows | In 2023 alone, 44.6% were life-threatening incidents in which there was extreme harm that could have resulted in death if not treated – an increase of severe cases from 15.9% in 2015

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#FentanylCrisis #ChildSafety #OpioidAwareness #PublicHealth #ToxicityPrevention

It is estimated that up to half a million children in the U.S. may experience educator sexual abuse. Coaches and gym teachers were found to be the perpetrators of educator sexual abuse in one third of the cases. All (100%) cases of educator sexual abuse involved child sexual grooming.

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Smartphone bans alone fail to equip children for healthy use of technology. The focus should move to a rights-based approach with age-appropriate design and education that protects children from harm while developing skills to help them participate in a digital society.

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Maintaining 9 Inches of Wood Chips Reduces Playground Fall Impact Forces by 44%. Only 4.7% of playgrounds maintain 9-inches likely placing children at higher risk of playground injuries.

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Unsafe driving during school drop offs at ‘unacceptable’ levels - Double parking, not obeying traffic controls and other unsafe behavior witnessed at 98% of schools studied. Risky driving by parents and other motorists who do the school run is putting children in danger.

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Being hit by an SUV increases the likelihood of death or serious injury 🚗⚠️: Likelihood of pedestrian or cyclist being fatally injured is 44% higher if hit by an SUV or light truck vehicle (LTV). For children 👶, the effect is larger, with a child hit by a SUV or LTV being 82% more likely to be killed.

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Nearly Half of Sexual Abuse First Happens at Age 15 or Younger, a Global Study Reveals. Nearly one out of five women 👩‍🦰 and one out of seven men 👨 aged 20 and older globally faced sexual violence as a child 🚸.

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#SexualAbuseAwareness #ChildSafety #EndViolence #SupportSurvivors #SpeakOut

Researchers Find Thousands of Pediatric Firearm Deaths Linked to More Permissive State Gun Laws 🔫📊👶🩹

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U.S. preschoolers exposed to potentially harmful chemicals 🧒⚗️💧. Urine samples from 201 children found 96 chemicals in at least 5, 48 chemicals in over half and 34 chemicals in more than 90%. Many of these chemicals are known or suspected to interfere with hormones ⚖️, brain development 🧠 and immune function 🛡️.

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#PreschoolHealth #ChemicalExposure #ChildSafety #PublicHealth #ToxicChemicals

In the U.S. 🇺🇸, children residing in "very low-opportunity" neighborhoods are up to 20 times more likely to be hospitalized for gun injuries 🔫 than those living in the most advantaged areas. High-opportunity’ kids are far less likely to be shot, but twice as likely to die when it happens 💔.

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In the U.S, in-home gun homicides of children has more than doubled since 2010. Research also found that these cases were often linked with intimate partner violence and child abuse. Parents were the most common assailants for these homicides. 🔫👶💔

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One in six internet-using children from a survey in 12 countries across Asia and Africa are found to experience at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse, with many experiences undisclosed, according to research in Nature. N=11,912

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👶 A new US CDC report analyzing 4,861 sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID) between 2020-2024 found 73% involved unsafe sleep factors. Common issues included soft bedding (78%), sleep surfaces other than cribs/bassinets (75%), sharing sleep surfaces (59%), and stomach/side sleeping (46%).

👶 The CDC also noted substantial racial disparities, with Black infants accounting for 38% of deaths in the registry, indicating SUID disproportionately affects Black and American Indian/Alaska Native infants due to complex factors like access to resources.

👶 Safe sleep recommendations include placing babies on their backs for all sleep on a firm, flat surface (crib, bassinet) with an empty sleep area (no pillows, blankets, or soft objects). Room-sharing without bed-sharing is advised for at least the first six months.

👶 Parents should avoid smoking/nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, opioids, and illicit drugs during pregnancy and after birth, and ensure babies receive recommended vaccinations. Breastfeeding and offering a pacifier are also associated with reduced SUID risk.

#SuddenInfantDeath #ChildSafety #NewParents