Browsing by Author "Bass, David"

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    Child safety in day care centres within the Western Cape
    (1998) Jaffer, Khadija; Bass, David
    The aim of the study is to explore aspects of child safety in registered day care centres situated in a lower socio-economic area of the Cape Town Metropole. This can be achieved by: a) describing the physical environment in day care centres b) assessing the infrastructure of day care centres to deal with potential injurjes c) reviewing injury reporting systems already in place d) highlighting the issue of child safety in the course of conducting the study.
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    Firearm-related injuries in Cape Town children and youth 1992-1996
    (2000) Wigton, Alyssa; Bass, David
    The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological profile of firearm-related injuries among children and youth under 19 years of age in Cape Town during the period 1 January 1992 - 31 December 1996. The purpose of the study was to make recommendations for future research, policies, prevention programmes and surveillance.
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    Severe head injuries in children
    (1997) Semple, Patrick Lyle; Bass, David
    The aim of this dissertation is to review the current literature on severe head injuries in children, with particular respect to epidemiology, clinical features and investigation, pathophysiology, management and outcome. In addition a retrospective study was carried out on severe head injuries at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Finally, the findings of this study are discussed in the light of the experience of other neurosurgical and trauma centres. In this way similarities as well as features peculiar to our setting can be identified with the aim of improving the understanding and management of severe head injuries in children in the Western Cape.