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Behavioral Approaches to Prevention of Childhood Injuries
Author(s) -
Roberts Michael C.,
Fanurik Debra,
Layfield David A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1987.tb01298.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psychology , behavior management , suicide prevention , applied psychology , occupational safety and health , child safety , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , developmental psychology , medical emergency , medicine , engineering , psychiatry , pathology , structural engineering
The authors discuss contributions of behaviorally based interventions to injury prevention in children. Behavioral procedures include rewards and punishments, modeling, prompting and feedback, skills development, and guided practice. This paper reviews examples of behavioral approaches to selected problems in the child safety area including home hazards, car passenger safety, emergency skills, and unsupervised children at home.