Table 1.

Participant characteristics.

Interviewee	Gender of child	Child’s age at interview (years)	Injury type	Mechanism	Time post- injury (months)	Interview structure
1. Child	Male	11	Limbs	Road traffic	7	Joint
2. Mother				Incident
3. Child	Female	12	Multiple*	Fall > 2 metres	10	Joint
4. Mother
5. Child	Male	14	Multiple*	Road traffic	12	Separate
6. Mother				Incident
7. Mother	Male	15	Limb	Sport	12	Mother only
8. Mother	Female	5	Limb	Fall < 2 metres	1	Mother only
9. Mother						Separate
10. Child	Female	15	Multiple*	Other	11
11. Mother	Male	16	Multiple*	Other	11	Mother only
12. Mother	Female	11	Multiple*	Other	11	Mother only
13. Child	Male	11	Abdomen	Road traffic	1.5	Separate
14. Mother				Incident
15. Child	Female	13	Limbs	Other	12	Joint
16. Mother
17. Child	Male	13	Head	Fall <2 metres	2	Child separate
18. Mother						(Joint mother & father)
19. Father
20. Mother	Male	13	Limbs	Sport	11	Mother only
21. Child	Female	13	Limbs	Other	12.5	Joint
22. Mother
23. Mother						Separate
24. Child	Male	15	Chest and abdomen	Fall < 2 metres	2
25. Child	Male	10	Abdomen	Sport	2	Separate
26. Mother
27. Child	Male	8	Abdomen	Fall<2 metres	3.5	Separate
28. Mother
29. Child	Male	9	Multiple*	Road traffic	2.5	Separate
30. Mother				Incident
31. Child	Female	13	Spine	Fall < 2 metres	1.2	Joint
32. Guardian

^*Multiple injuries describe two or more injuries affecting different body parts.