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David C. Schwebel
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 395
Citations - 123784
David C. Schwebel is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury prevention. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 358 publications receiving 93565 citations. Previous affiliations of David C. Schwebel include University of California, Los Angeles & University of Iowa.
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Unintentional drowning mortality in China, 2006-2013.
Lijun Wang,Xunjie Cheng,Peng Yin,Peixia Cheng,Yunning Liu,David C. Schwebel,Jiangmei Liu,Jinlei Qi,Maigeng Zhou,Guoqing Hu +9 more
TL;DR: The overall drowning mortality rate remained high and stable in China between 2006 and 2013 and effective prevention measures like removing or covering water hazards, wearing personal floatation devices, supervision of children, and teaching survival swimming and resuscitation skills should be implemented nationwide.
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Paraffin-related injury in low-income South African communities: knowledge, practice and perceived risk
TL;DR: These findings could be of value for designing interventions that will increase knowledge, improve safe practices and lead to the accurate perception of the risk of injury from using paraffin.
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Usability and feasibility of an internet-based virtual pedestrian environment to teach children to cross streets safely
TL;DR: If future research finds children learn the cognitive and perceptual skills needed to cross streets safely within it, internet-based training may provide a low-cost medium to broadly disseminate child pedestrian safety training.
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Spiritual coping, psychosocial adjustment, and physical health in youth with chronic illness: a meta-analytic review.
TL;DR: Assessment of the strength of the relationships between religious/spiritual coping strategies and psychosocial adjustment and physical health in youth with chronic illness reveals that spiritual coping is an important coping strategy for paediatric patients.
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A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China
TL;DR: Both demographic and cognitive/behavioral factors influenced rural Chinese children’s dog-bite injury risk and theory-based, empirically-supported intervention programs might reduce dog- bite injuries in rural China.