Legal Liability: The Consequences of School Injury

Barrios, Lisa C.; Jones, Sherry Everett; Gallagher, Susan Scavo

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00203.x

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“…This indicates a similarity between the findings for Turkey and other countries, although the range is relatively large. This is due to differences in research technique, reporting systems, definition of injury, data sources, measurement tools and duration of monitoring . Such differences complicate the retrieval of accurate information about “incidence and prevalence of injuries” and cross‐country comparisons.…”

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“…The morbidity and mortality data on school‐based injuries could be regarded as the tip of the iceberg because there is no systematic registration and reporting of these injuries at a national level in many countries, including Turkey . The lack of a permanent surveillance system means that data on injuries are collected either from studies conducted in small samples or from hospital registries, as in the case of many developing countries . Furthermore, the reasons for school‐based injuries are not well known, even in developing countries including Turkey …”

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“…When the ethical and legal obligations surrounding school‐based injuries as preventable health problems are considered, the identification of the factors causing school‐based injuries would facilitate the development of multi‐dimensional prevention strategies. This would, in turn, contribute to raising healthier generations . The aim of this study was therefore to determine the incidence and outcomes of school‐based injuries at a public primary and secondary school in Kocaeli province of Turkey , throughout 4 academic years, starting from 2010–2011 to 2013–2014.…”

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Incidence and outcomes of school‐based injuries during four academic years in Kocaeli, Turkey

Özkan

2016

Pediatrics International

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2016

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“…The high compensation of school injuries [even $ 50,000 Ref. (39)] increased the meaning of the injury prevention.…”

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School Environment and School Injuries

Salminen

Kurenniemi

Råback

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Front. Public Health

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Background: Although injuries at school are an important issue in public health, environmental factors in schools and school yards have seldom been the focus of school injury research. The goal of our investigation was to examine the effect of environmental factors on school injuries.Methods: Nine comprehensive Finnish schools registered school injuries over a period of two school years. Injuries were classified as being associated with environmental factors, suspected environmental factors, and others. The consensus between two independent classifiers was 81%.Results: A total of 722 injuries were classified. In 11.6% of these injuries, the physical environment factor was evident, and in 28.1% of the injuries, physical environment was suspected of being a contributory risk factor. Thus the physical environment of the school was a contributing factor in over a third (39.7%) of injuries occurring in the school, on the school yard or during the journey to, or from school. In this study, conducted in Finland, ice on the ground was mentioned most frequently as an environmental risk factor.Conclusion: In Finland, the Nordic weather conditions are not taken into account in the school yard and playground plans as they ought to from the safety point of view. An initiative has been launched on a mandatory wintertime master plan for every school yard.

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“…In another study, injuries to children ages 5-19 accounted for an estimated 26% (15,405,392) of visits to the emergency department, of which 1,859,215 injuries occurred at school (55). School injuries can also result in costly lawsuits for schools and school districts, with a median judgment of $50,000 (7).…”

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A Review of Unintentional Injuries in Adolescents

Sleet

Ballesteros

Borse

2010

Annu. Rev. Public Health

116

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Unintentional injuries are the largest source of premature morbidity and mortality and the leading cause of death among adolescents 10-19 years of age. Fatal injury rates of males are twice those of females, and racial disparities in injury are pronounced. Transportation is the largest source of these injuries, principally as drivers and passengers, but also as cyclists and pedestrians. Other major causes involve drowning, poisonings, fires, sports and recreation, and work-related injuries. Implementing known and effective prevention strategies such as using seat belts and bicycle and motorcycle helmets, installing residential smoke alarms, reducing misuse of alcohol, strengthening graduated driver licensing laws, promoting policy change, using safety equipment in sports and leisure, and protecting adolescents at work will all contribute to reducing injuries. The frequency, severity, potential for death and disability, and costs of these injuries, together with the high success potential of prevention strategies, make injury prevention a key public health goal to improve adolescent health in the future.

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Legal Liability: The Consequences of School Injury

Abstract: Preventing school-related injuries is an ethical and legal obligation for schools and school districts. Prevention is also critical because a wide range of injuries are litigated, and such lawsuits often require schools and school districts to pay costly awards to injured parties.

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Incidence and outcomes of school‐based injuries during four academic years in Kocaeli, Turkey

Incidence and outcomes of school‐based injuries during four academic years in Kocaeli, Turkey

School Environment and School Injuries

A Review of Unintentional Injuries in Adolescents

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