Risk factors for pediatric injury:
(1) poverty
(2) frequent moves of the family household
(3) child abuse
(4) child neglect
(5) single parent household
(6) multiple siblings
(7) overcrowding at home
(8) poor maternal health (physical and/or mental)
(9) marital discord
(10) hyperactivity and/or impulsivity
(11) aggressive personality
(12) violent or hazardous environment (
(13) lack of safe recreational facilities
(14) substandard housing
(15) access to guns, knives or other weapons
(16) poor levels of education
Other factors not listed by the authors:
(1) poor supervision
(2) drug or alcohol abuse at home
(3) drug, alcohol or inhalant abuse by the child
(4) risk taking and thrill seeking behaviors
(5) boredom
