US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation
The USPSTF is currently updating its recommendation for this service. In 1996, it recommended counseling parents of young children (ages 0-4) on measures to prevent injuries, including motor vehicle injuries, drowning, poisoning, fire/burns, and falls.

FACTS:

Each year, hundreds of children age 4 and younger die from preventable injuries:

• More than 500 die in motor vehicle crashes
  
• More than 400 die as a result of accidental drowning
  
• About 200 die as a result of exposure to smoke and fire