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Child Safety Good Practice GuideInjuries to children could be reduced if proven safety strategies were adopted and implemented across all European countries. A new publication, the “Child Safety Good Practice Guide; Good investments in unintentional child injury prevention and safety promotion“ launched June 26th by the European Child Safety Alliance, provides guidance on what those proven effective strategies are. With so much to do to address the safety of European children and so little time and limited resources, there is a need to focus on good investments, those strategies that are most likely to reduce childhood unintentional injuries. The Guide builds on previous work by the Alliance and child safety researchers from around the globe and is a further step in supporting Member States in moving toward evidence-based good practice. Its purpose is to enable Member States to examine strategy options for unintentional child injury, move away from what has ‘always been done’ and move toward good investments - strategies that are known to work or have the greatest probability of success. These strategies are in the broad approaches of environmental and product modification; legislation, regulation and enforcement; promoting use of safety devices; supportive home visits; community based interventions; and education and skills development. To download the full document |
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