Prevention Of Childhood Accidents Research Articles

Prevention of childhood accidents through safety education

(1979). Prevention of childhood accidents through safety education. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing: Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 57-76.

Prevention of childhood accidents through safety education

Prevention of childhood accidents through safety education

Why don't we prevent childhood accidents?

Accidental injury is the most important epidemic in the Western world today, and is especially important as a cause of death and disability in childhood. Many environmental factors are important causes of accidents, but there is no organisation within which doctors, official bodies, industry, and voluntary bodies can pool their experience and co-ordinate their efforts to reduce these environmental risks. A joint committee on childhood accident prevention should be formed in this country similar to that which exists in Sweden.

Discussion on the Prevention of Accidents in Childhood

Discussion on the Prevention of Accidents in Childhood

The prevention of accidents in childhood in Sweden.

The prevention of accidents in childhood in Sweden.

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION

The basic problem in childhood accident prevention is one of education involving physicians, parents and children. The physician must learn more about the causes of accidents, he must also perfect his techniques of teaching parents how to assume their role in accident prevention. The ultimate responsibility for juvenile accident prevention falls on the parents, but this should be conveyed to them in a non-frightening manner and with an assurance of possible achievement. This is possible with a theory of accident prevention which embraces a reciprocal relationship between protection and education related to age. It is essential that parents realize the importance of parental example in the education of their children. The most stimulating educational device is supervised participation. If parental example is good and supervised experience is imaginatively conceived, then and then only can didactic instruction of the child be effective. Finally, attention is called to the fact that here presented is a paper on accident prevention in childhood which is devoid of statistics.

Prevention of Accidents in Childhood*

Prevention of Accidents in Childhood*

An Educational Project in Childhood Accident Prevention

An Educational Project in Childhood Accident Prevention Renee Zindwer CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.45.4.438 Published Online: August 29, 2011