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To date studies exploring fatal forms of maltreatment, neglect or abuse of children have only been treated as peripheral issues. The aim of the presented study is to identify CAN syndrome risk factors with fatal consequences based on the analysis of primary texts. The Ebsco and Web of Science databases formed the sources for the search. Full-text versions of studies were reviewed for relevance at two stages of the research by two independent assessors. Finally, after the application of all the criteria for exclusion, 10 studies were included in the analysis. The studies consistently confirm that the most frequent perpetrators of maltreatment, neglect or abuse of children are the parents. Fathers tend to cause the death of their children more often by fatal abuse, whereas mothers tend to be guilty of fatal neglect. Mothers are liable for the death of younger children, and fathers are more frequently responsible for the death of older children. In terms of social-demographic profile, the studies analyzed led us to identify the following basic risk factors: low social-economic status, the mother being the sole breadwinner, and infant children with a younger mother. A direct correlation was drawn mainly between a child's death and cases of physical trauma. A hypothesis can be extrapolated from the analyzed studies that the age of the abused children affects both the mechanism and the relationship between the perpetrators and their victims. The fact that the conclusions of studies agree that fatal consequences of maltreatment are not being duly identified as risky early enough by the relevant authorities is a very debatable finding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Injuries are the leading cause of death among children and young adults worldwide and the third cause of death in the overall population. Given the seriousness of child injury situation, the Czech government approved the National action plan for child injury prevention for 2007 to 2017 as a systemic strategy for the prevention of both accidental and non-accidental injury in children and adolescents in the Czech Republic. The interim report on task completion within the National action plan for child injury prevention in 2007 to 2009 indicates that the number of medically treated injuries in children aged 0-14 years decreased by 28% over the last three years. On the one hand, the positive trend in child injury incidence might be a result of the child injury prevention and awareness activities. On the other hand, there is a legitimate suspicion that the reported trend in childhood injuries may have been biased by the changes made to the injury data collection for the database of the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic and therefore, the conclusion drawn from these data may be invalid. This communication presents the updated injury data and its analysis for 2009 and 2010 in the Czech Republic. We take advantage of the opportunity to compare and characterize the injury data from different sources and origins. We discuss the usefulness and contribution of each piece of information from the perspective of its application and determination of the valid trends in child injury incidence in the Czech Republic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]