OCCUPATIONAL NONFATAL INJURIES IN U.S. CHILDREN

每年有多达300名儿童在美国工作时被杀害; 在工作中遭受非致命伤害的人数不详。 电流 关于儿童职业伤害的信息完全基于 死亡证明或工人赔偿报告。 这两个来源是 众所周知，对儿童的报告存在广泛和偏见。 许多 儿童非法、“私下”或在危险环境中工作 条件，包括但不限于那些不适合 儿童的健康和发展状况。 确定高风险 职业和非致命伤害的发生率和严重程度， 重视伤害控制和儿科急诊 社区. 当前关于“从学校到工作”影响的政策问题 项目需要支持当前工作实践的基线数据， 受伤 NICHD的工作人员正在联邦 各机构确定非致命伤害的发生率， 按职业类别分列的儿童在工作场所的接触时间。 博士 邓恩正在完成一项关于青少年职业暴露时间的研究 年龄在15-18岁之间，来自人口普查局收入和计划调查 生产力（SIPP）。 她的工作将被用来提供独特的， 为今后的流行病学研究提供相对公正的暴露数据。 博士奥弗佩克准备了1995年在SIPP上提出的受伤问题 以及以后的岁月。 这将使研究人员能够针对干预措施 有效地通过识别高危儿童和高危 职业类别。

As many as 300 children a year may be killed while working in the U.S.; an unknown number suffer nonfatal injuries on the job. Current information on occupational injuries in children is based entirely on death certificates or workmen's compensation reporting. Both sources are known to contain extensive and biased underreporting for children. Many children are working illegally, "off-the-books", or in hazardous conditions including, but not limited to, those inappropriate for the child's health and developmental status. Determination of high risk occupations and incidence and severity of non-fatal injuries has been made a priority in the injury control and pediatric emergency treatment communities. Current policy questions on effects of 'school-to-work' programs require supporting baseline data on current work practices and injuries. NICHD staff are working collaboratively across Federal Agencies to determine the incidence of non-fatal injuries occurring to children in the workplace by occupational category exposure time. Dr. Dunn is completing a study of occupational exposure time for adolescents ages 15-18 from the Census Bureau Survey of Income and Program Productivity (SIPP). Her work will be used to provide unique and relatively unbiased exposure data for future epidemiological studies. Dr. Overpeck prepared injury questions to be fielded in the SIPP in 1995 and later years. This will enable researchers to target interventions effectively by identifying both high risk children and high risk occupational categories.