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April 2004, Vol 94, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 554-556
© 2004 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

The Epidemic of Pediatric Traffic Injuries in South Florida: A Review of the Problem and Initial Results of a Prospective Surveillance Strategy

S. Morad Hameed, MD, MPH, Charles A. Popkin, BA, Stephen M. Cohn, MD, E. William Johnson, MPH and the Miami Pediatric Traffic Injury Task Force

S. Morad Hameed, Charles A. Popkin, Stephen M. Cohn, and E. William Johnson are with the Divisions of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, Florida.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Stephen M. Cohn, MD, Medical Director, Ryder Trauma Center, Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1800 NW 10th Ave, Suite 227, Miami, FL 33136 (e-mail: stephen.cohn{at}miami.edu).

This study identified specific regional risk factors for the high rate of pediatric pedestrian trauma in Florida. Of the 29 cases studied prospectively, 3 (10%) occurred near ice cream trucks and 13 (45%) involved "dart-outs"; mean hospital charges were $24 478 ±$43 939. Recommendations included an engineering change for a dangerous intersection, and a population-based recommendation was to equip ice cream trucks with extending stop signs.






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