Preventing injuries to infants of adolescent mothers

Infant injury prevention is an important issue for practitioners who work w ith adolescent mothers. Data are presented to examine the association betwe en having a young mother and being injured as an infant. Prevention message s need to take into account that parents in general tend to minimize the ma gnitude of injury risk to their children. With careful documentation, using External Cause of Injury Codes, practitioners may be able to estimate the cost savings of prevention initiatives. Copyright (C) 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company.