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Playground hazards in Atlanta child care centers.

Author(s) -

Jeffrey J. Sacks,

Kelsey Holt,

Patricia Holmgreen,

L S Colwell,

John M. Brown

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.8.986

Subject(s) - environmental health , occupational safety and health , atlanta , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , climbing , suicide prevention , hazard , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , demography , geography , chemistry , metropolitan area , archaeology , pathology , organic chemistry , sociology

We identified 684 playground hazards in 66 child care centers despite regulations mandating that the grounds be hazard-free. Of 21 centers with less than or equal to 5 hazards, 42.9 percent reported a playground-related injury in the previous year; of 25 centers with 6-11 hazards, 52.0 percent reported a playground-related injury; and of 20 centers with greater than or equal to 12 hazards, 60.0 percent reported a playground-related injury. Climbing equipment greater than or equal to 6 feet tall generally had inadequate impact-absorbing undersurfacing and had over twice the rate of fall injuries as climbing equipment less than 6 feet.

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