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ÖzetDünya Sağlık Örgütü ve Birleşmiş Milletler Çocuk Fonu’nun bir raporuna (2008) göre, her gün 2000’den fazla çocuk, kasıtsız ya da kaza ile yaralanmalar sonucu ölmekte ve dünya genelinde her yıl milyonlarca çocuk genellikle kendilerini yaşam boyu engelli bırakacak kaza ve yaralanmalar dolayısıyla hastaneye kaldırılmaktadır. Çocuk Yaralanmalarının Önlenmesi Dünya Raporu; Çocukluk döneminde meydana gelen kazalarla ilgili kapsamlı, ilk küresel değerlendirme niteliğindeki rapor olup, bu tür yaralanmaların önlenmesinin yollarına da atıfta bulunmaktadır. Raporda ulaşılan sonuca göre, her yerde etkisi kanıtlanmış önlemlere başvurulması halinde, her gün en az 1000 çocuğun yaşamı kurtarılabilir. Bu derleme ile özellikle düşük ve orta gelirli ülkelerde önemli bir yük oluşturan çocukluk dönemi kasıtsız yaralanmalarına yönelik öncül çalışmaların özetlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Anahtar kelimeler: Çocuk yaralanmaları, çocukluk dönemi kasıtsız yaralanmalar, çocukluk dönemi kazalarıAbstractMore than 2000 children die every day as a result of unintentional or accidental injuries. Worldwide every year tens of millions more are taken to hospitals with injuries that often leave them with lifelong disabilities, according to a report by World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The World report on child injury prevention provides the first comprehensive global assessment of unintentional childhood injuries and prescribes measures to prevent them. It concludes that if proven prevention measures were adopted everywhere at least 1000 children’s lives could be saved every day. The purpose of the gathering reported here is to summarize leading studies related to unintentional injuries of childhood that cause a great burden especially in middle and low income countries.Keywords: Child injuries, unintentional injuries of childhood, accidents of childhood

Objectives: Unintentional injuries are one of the leading causes of death, hospitalization and disability across the world. Detailed work on child injury in low-income and middle-income countries began more recently and is now indicating priorities for prevention. This study aims to draw attention to the subject with the assessment of the injuries sustained by the study group., Methodology: Data of the descriptive study was collected at the Emergency Department's trauma section of a Training and Research Hospital, located in Ankara during the period of October-November 2010. Children visiting the hospital due to an injury under the age of 18 were included to the study group by assent of the child and consent of the parents., Results: Of the study group 75.3% were boys, 35.31% were 11-15 year of age. The most frequent cause of the injuries were falls among boys (48.3%), girls (50.0%) and, 11-15 years of age (32.8%). Most injured organs (63.6%) were extremities and most frequent damage caused by the injury was fracture (29.5%). Almost half of the injuries (44.0%) occurred in and around the school., Conclusion: Development and implementation of systematic surveillance is necessary to identify the epidemiologic characteristics of childhood injuries at national level. Definition of the risk factors and protective factors is a priority of countries to prevent such injuries.