Every four hours in Ontario, one child visits an emergency department and every four days one child is hospitalized due to a violence-related injury.  Injuries to the head are most common.

Learn more about violence among children in May’s Ontario Injury Compass.

The May issue of Compass is part of a series of e-reports produced by the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre. Each report focuses on a single injury issue and provides Ontario data broken down by age, sex and region.

Each report also includes prevention tips and a list of additional resources pertaining to the injury topic.

Download the report (in PDF format), or to sign up via email at compass@oninjuryresources.ca to automatically receive the reports by e-mail each month.