Child Safety Education Research Articles

만3세와 만4세 누리과정 교사용 지도서에 나타난 유아 '안전교육' 활동의 내용 비교 분석

본 연구는 만3세와 만4세 누리과정 교사용 지도서에 나타난 유아 '안전교육' 관련 내용을 분석준거에 의해 활동유형 및 활동형태별, 생활주제별로 비교 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 분석결과 첫째, 만3세 유아 '안전교육' 내용은 총 136개였으며 그 가운데 대 소집단활동에서 71개(52.2%)를 나타내었고 만4세는 총 124개를 보인 가운데 대 소집단 활동에서 58개(46.8%)를 나타내었다. 둘째, 만3세는 '생활도구'에서 25개의 활동을 포함하고 있었으며 그 중 '물건, 도구, 기구에 대한 안전'의 내용에서 21개의 활동을 포함하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 만4세는 '건강과 안전'에서 33개의 활동을 포함하고 있었으며 그 중 '질병에 대한 안전'의 내용에서 12개의 활동을 나타내었다. 연구결과를 통해 교육현장에서 만3, 4세 연령에 따른 유아 '안전교육' 활동을 전개하는데 도움을 주고자하며 유아 '안전교육'과 관련된 각종 연수를 계획하고 방향을 제시하는데 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 더 나아가 유아 '안전교육'에 필요한 매뉴얼과 프로그램을 구성하는데 기초정보를 제공할 뿐만 아니라 안전체험시설을 확충하는데 필요한 기초자료를 제공하는 데에도 시사점을 줄 수 있을 것으로 여긴다. This study is aimed at a comparison analyzing the contents of child 'safety education' in Three-four-year-old Nuri curriculum manual for teachers related activity type and activity form, life theme based on the criteria of analysis. First, the number of contents of child 'safety education' included in the 3 year old Nuri curriculum manual for teachers was 136, and among them, 71(52.2%) were from in big and small group activity. Total 124 contents were in 4-year old group and showed 58(46.8%) contents in big and small group activity. Second, it was identified that the Three-four-year-old Nuri curriculum handled highest number of child 'safety education' activities. Twenty-five activities from 'appliances' among a total of 127 child 'safety education' activities were included and included 21 activities in contents of 'safety for object, tool, and apparatus.' Thirty-three activities among 'health and safety' among a total of 131 child 'safety education' activities were included and it was identified that the highest number of child 'safety education' activities were conducted in 'safety for disease' contents. It will be hope to suggest some of the providing child 'safety education' of Three-four-year-old in education field, and to provide basic data for planning and suggesting directions for various training related to child safety education. Moreover, this study intends to provide basic data for composing necessary manual and program for child 'safety education' and to provide basic data for expanding the safety experience facility.

The other side of the story - maternal perceptions of safety advice and information: a qualitative approach.

BackgroundA qualitative study of maternal perceptions of home safety advice. The aim was to gain an understanding of maternal perceptions of and possible barriers to the implementation of home safety advice.MethodsSemi‐structured interviews with 37 mothers with a child aged less than 5 years of age; 16 were mothers living in an area of socio‐economic disadvantage (with a high rate of childhood unintentional injury), 21 were mothers living in an area of relative affluence (with a low rate of childhood unintentional injury). Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.ResultsAlthough some mothers living in both areas found talking to a health professional about child home safety was helpful, mothers in both areas tended to find talking to other mothers as being more helpful and they preferred this to talking to a professional. Barriers to obtaining safety advice from professionals exist for mothers living in both areas. Mothers living in the advantaged area describe ‘feeling silly’ and that they should ‘know it already’ when talking to professionals. Mothers living in the disadvantaged area are less likely to access home safety advice due to fear of being perceived as an incompetent mother and the fear of social service involvement.ConclusionsMothers find home safety advice from other parents more useful and prefer this to advice from professionals. This suggests greater use could be made of appropriately trained parents to deliver safety advice and education. Fear and mistrust can limit access to child safety advice in parents living in disadvantaged areas and this may be a potential explanation for differential unintentional injury rates as those who need the advice and support most may be least likely to access it. Further research should explore how professionals can build trust, gain parents' confidence and provide child safety advice and education that is targeted appropriately to parents living circumstances and their child safety needs.

Traffic hazard perception among children

Most studies comparing hazard perception skills between young and middle-aged drivers show that increasing age is associated with decreased reaction time to traffic hazards, although some studies failed to find this relationship. Studies on young people’s hazard perception demonstrate that younger children have a more idiosyncratic perspective on the road environment and thus might have difficulty in understanding non-obvious dangers, such as dangers caused by lack of sight. This study’s purpose is to examine the relationship between age and hazard perception when comparing children, teenagers, and adults. It demonstrates that children under 13years of age have significantly longer hazard perception latencies and lower response rates to some traffic hazards than teenagers or adults. This effect is larger for hazards not involving “threatening” vehicles, such as hazards caused by standing or slowly moving road users on the side of the street with the ability to cause dangerous situations by behaving unexpectedly. The results indicate types of hazards to be emphasized in traffic safety education for children.

Understanding road traffic injuries and prevention measures for children in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative study of community members' views

IntroductionRoad traffic injury (RTI) was the second leading cause of injury mortality and fourth leading of injury morbidity in Bangladesh. For both mortality and morbidity most the vulnerable age group...

EVALUATION OF THE CHILD SAFETY EDUCATION COALITION IN ENGLAND

BackgroundIn 2008 the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents was awarded £1.6m from the UK government to establish the Child Safety Education Coalition (CSEC). CSEC's role was to improve...

Practical child safety education in England: A national survey of the Child Safety Education Coalition

Objective: To examine the provision of practical safety education by Child Safety Education Coalition (CSEC) organizations in England. Design: A postal survey. Setting: Providers of child practical safety education who were also part of CSEC. Methods: In February 2010 all CSEC organizations were sent a self-completion postal questionnaire which aimed to elicit details of safety education activities, priorities, target groups and information about evaluation. Frequencies of responses were calculated. Results: Responses were received from 60 organizations representing a response rate of 65%. They represented private, public and charitable organizations, and provided safety education for children aged 3 to 17 years. Respondents undertook a varied range of activities including talks, theatre work, utility distribution, experiential learning, hospital visits, and sports and leisure activities. The majority ( n = 43, 72%) ran special events to teach children about safety and most often this occurred at least once a month ( n = 28, 47%). Respondents provided education addressing the main causes of injury and mortality; road traffic injuries was the topic most often addressed ( n = 42, 70%). Twenty per cent of respondents ( n = 12) stated that they did not evaluate their activities and only one-third ( n = 19, 32%) stated that they produced written reports. Conclusion: Child safety education was delivered using a variety of techniques and was provided by a range of organizations. This highlights the opportunities that exist for teaching children risk competence. Additional support will be needed if evaluation activities are to be robust and fully documented.

유아 화재사고 예방을 위한 화재안전 교육프로그램 개발 방향 탐색

본 연구에서는 유아들의 화재로 인한 피해실태와 문제점을 살펴보고, 미국의 화재안전교육 프로그램과 우리나라의 화재안전교육의 법적 근거를 고찰하여 유아 화재사고 예방을 위한 화재안전교육 프로그램의 방향을 탐색하고자 한다. 연구결과로 첫째, 우리나라 아동의 화재 및 화상사고로 인한 사망률이 영국, 독일, 스웨덴에 비해 높았다. 둘째, 우리나라 유아화재안전교육은 아동복지법, 유치원교육과정, 표준보육과정에서 의무적으로 실시하도록 법으로 명시하고 있다. 셋째, 유아 화재 사고 예방을 위해 유아의 발달에 적합한 화재안전교육을 실시하여야 하며, 다양한 시청각 매체와 체험활동 프로그램을 제공해주어야 한다. 마지막으로 체계적인 유아 화재안전교육을 위해 교사 및 보호자를 대상으로 하는 화재안전교육이 병행되어야 한다. The purpose of this study is to explore appropriate fire safety education programs for young children by both examining the actual damage condition and problems associated with fire accident in young children and considering fire safety education programs in America and legal basis for fire safety education in Korea. The results are as follows. First, the mortality of young children by fire accident in Korea is higher than that of U.K, Germany, and Sweden. Second, it is defined by the Child Welfare Law in Korea to implement the mandatory fire safety education for young children in kindergarten and preschool programs. Third, in order to activate fire safety education programs for young children, the fire safety education needs to be suitable for children's developmental characteristics, and various audiovisual materials and activity programs should be developed and provided. Fourth, fire safety education both for early childhood teachers and parents needs to be interrelated and systemized to reduce the risk of fire accident.

The influence of demographic factors, processing speed and short-term memory on Iranian children's pedestrian skills

ObjectivesYoung children, children from lower socioeconomic status and boys have the highest risk of pedestrian injury. This study examined the relationship between cognition and specific pedestrian skills of these groups of children in Iran. Methods180 Iranian children aged 7 and 11years from lower- and higher-socioeconomic status backgrounds participated in the study. A task to identify safe and dangerous road crossing sites and to plan a safe route to cross a road was administered to measure pedestrian skills. Coding and Digit Span subscales of WISC-R were administered to assess processing speed and short-term memory. ResultsIdentifying safe/dangerous road crossing-sites and safe route-construction abilities increased with age. Boys scored higher than girls when identifying road crossing sites but did not differ to girls in route-construction. Lower socioeconomic status children scored higher than higher socioeconomic status children on the route-construction task. Girls from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds scored lowest on the identifying safe/dangerous sites task and girls from higher socioeconomic status backgrounds scored lowest on the route construction task. Speed of processing was a significant predictor for identifying crossing sites and socioeconomic status was a significant predictor for route-construction. ConclusionsPedestrian skills are complex and influenced by age, gender, socioeconomic status and cognitive development. Results are discussed in relation to child pedestrian safety research in Iran and road safety education for children.

Safety education impact and good practice: a review

Purpose – The aim of this literature review was to examine recent evidence of the impact of safety education for children and young people on unintentional injury rates and to update an earlier review. Evidence was sought that linked safety education for children and young people in schools, centres and other settings with changes in knowledge, skills, attitudes, and reductions in injury. The relevance of ten principles of effective safety education to the papers was considered.Design/methodology/approach – A range of bibliographic databases was searched for potentially relevant papers. Titles and abstracts, and then full copies of papers were examined and retained if considered relevant.Findings – From 495 potentially relevant papers, 12 papers were retained that met the aims of the review. The papers covered a range of topics including home safety, use of all‐terrain vehicles and pedestrian safety. While the majority of papers described the effect of an intervention on injury prevention, several describ...

2D versus 3D imaging of hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy

2D versus 3D imaging of hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy

Child safety education coalition: a mixed methods evaluation of a national alliance

ObjectiveTo evaluate a national child injury prevention coalition.BackgroundThe Child Safety Education Coalition (CSEC) is a national alliance set up in 2009 in response to the UK Governments Staying Safe Action...

The Child Safety Education Coalition (CSEC) and its use of practical safety education to reduce injury rates

Unintentional injury is a leading cause of death and illness among children aged 1–14 years, and causes more children to be admitted to hospital each year than any other reason....

Early childhood teachers' perceptions regarding the content and instructional methods in safety education for young children

Early childhood teachers' perceptions regarding the content and instructional methods in safety education for young children

Analysis of cognition and the ability to prevent accidental injuries of Children

Objective To describe the situation of child accidental injuries, to describe parents' awareness level of child accidental injuries and their safe-protective ability, to describe the situation of child safety education in parents, to study the relationship between parent cognition of child accidental injuries, their safe-protective ability and the incidence of child accidental injuries. Methods A descriptive non-experimental designed related research method was used. 120 parents of children received a questionnaire survey for cognition and safe-protective abihty of child accidental injuries in Dongshan District, Guangzhou City, in April 2009.SPSS11.0 software was used for statistical analysis. Results Rate of child accidental injuries was 66.7% and 67.5% of all accidental injuries occurred at home respectively. The two leading causes of accidental injuries are falls and burns. 85% parents were lack of safety education opportunities. Parents' understanding of child accidental injuries is not comprehensive enough and accident prevention measures are not sufficiently improved.There is a negative correlation between parent cognition of child accidental injuries, their daily safe-protective ability and the incidence of child accidental injuries, and there is a positive correlation between parent cognition of child accidental injuries and their awareness of child accidental injuries. Conclusions There is a high rate of child accidental injuries which mainly occurred at home, and falls are the leading reason for injuries, followed by burns. Parents' cognition and safe-protective ability of child accidental injuries are still required to be strengthened and improving parent cognition can contribute to capacity of child safe protection, which may decrease the incidence of child accidental injuries. Parents have rare opportunities to receive child safe education. Key words: Children; Accidental injury; Parents' cognition; Safe-protective ability

Development of a Web‐based child safety education program for Busan Safe City WHO Certification Project

As a nation that is tremendously affected by disaster- and injury-related deaths, Korea's second largest city, Busan, earnestly heeds World Health Organization's call for an international network of safe communities. As citizens of Busan dream of a safe city, officials are dedicating efforts in planning, developing and implementing sustainable programs aiming to reduce risk and promote safety awareness. The present article outlines the Busan Safe City Project and describes the development process of one of its programs, a Web-based safety education for children. Child safety remains a nationwide issue because in 2007, Korea ranked third in numbers of accident-related child deaths among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. Future stages will involve program evaluation, revision and public release. This development process will guide other programs specific for other target populations. With everyone's help, the city continues to strive to be a healthy, safe, and dynamic Busan.

An Analysis of Risk Management Implementation in Aquatic Centers in Taiwan and a Review of Selected Law Cases

Today, members of most institutions realize how important risk management prac­tices are, but many encounter difficulties in putting such policies into practice (Hsiao, 2007). Most accidents have been associated with the absence of risk management plans and the failure to provide instruction in swimming. Because of the high rate of accidents in water-related activities, the focus of this research was to understand the management status of aquatic centers in schools, YMCAs, public/private communi­ties, hotels, and theme parks in Taiwan; the risk management practices employed by these institutions; and associated legal concerns. The aforementioned institutions are believed to be in the most reasonable position to provide water safety education and swimming classes for children and adults in Taiwan. Language: en

Injury outcomes in children following automobile, motorcycle, and all-terrain vehicle accidents: an institutional review

The authors performed an analysis of retrospectively obtained data to compare the outcomes of pediatric patients admitted to their institution for traumatic injuries resulting from car, motorcycle, and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accidents. The authors conducted a retrospective review of Columbus Children's Hospital's Trauma Registry data collected between January 1993 and December 2003. Data obtained in patients admitted with motor vehicle-related injuries were compiled for a total of 1608 patient records. Data regarding sex, age, hospital length of stay (LOS), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, revised trauma score, injury severity score (ISS), and use of a protective device were analyzed. Of 1608 patients, 1257 (78%) were injured in automobile accidents, 123 (7.6%) in motorcycle accidents, and 228 (14.2%) in ATV accidents. Injuries sustained in all vehicle types peaked during the summer months. Patients involved in automobile crashes presented with significantly lower GCS scores than those injured in motorcycle and ATV accidents; however, there was no statistically significant difference in LOS among all three injury modalities. Protective devices were underutilized in all three motor vehicle categories but, when used, were associated with significantly higher GCS scores, ISSs, and shorter LOSs among patients admitted after automobile accidents. The correlation of seat belt use with better outcomes underscores the necessity to improve motor vehicle safety education for children, who are less likely to be restrained as they age.

Cease Fire Tampa Bay

Cease Fire Tampa Bay is a multifaceted, broad-based community effort working to increase awareness of firearm injuries and provide an opportunity for the people of the southwest-central Florida region to eliminate unwanted firearms. Three approaches to develop this program were implemented; a six-county gun buy-back program, firearm safety education for school-aged children and community education programs. The program has been successful in removing 6,981 unwanted guns from the streets, and has reached thousands of children and families in the region. This article describes the development, implementation and evaluation of the program.

Cease Fire Tampa Bay

Cease Fire Tampa Bay is a multifaceted, broad-based community effort working to increase awareness of firearm injuries and provide an opportunity for the people of the southwest-central Florida region to eliminate unwanted firearms. Three approaches to develop this program were implemented; a six-county gun buy-back program, firearm safety education for school-aged children and community education programs. The program has been successful in removing 6,981 unwanted guns from the streets, and has reached thousands of children and families in the region. This article describes the development, implementation and evaluation of the program.

How Well Can Child Pedestrians Estimate Potential Traffic Hazards?

An assessment was made of the perception skills and visual cues of schoolchildren in two schools where at least 50% of the children walk to and from school. This study, involving 79 schoolchildren, indicated that their current level of training to cross streets may not be sufficient for the prevalent traffic environments. Schoolchildren in the before-and-after school program were interviewed in July 2001. When shown a photograph of an intersection that was traversed by some of the children, about 90% forgot basic instructions about which directions they should look. Responses varied by gender, age, and school. A surprising 50% of schoolchildren who walked home either alone or accompanied did not know their home address. Of those driven to school, 41% had complete knowledge of their address. This study confirmed earlier findings that children may be overwhelmed by traffic complexity. The average overall score was 11.8 out of 18 (highest achievable score). The percentage of correct responses varied considerably, from less than 30% to the highest at about 50%. Children from the school near the intersections used for assessment performed better than the children who went to school farther away. A two-way average of variance of the overall score by age and school found a significant main effect of age and school. It was Age: F (2, 73) = 5.8, p < 0.004; School: F (1, 73) = 5.6, p < 0.021). More specific studies are warranted, but findings indicate that pedestrian safety education for children needs to offer more individualized and practical training to help them to respond to various hazards they are exposed to daily. More research is necessary pertaining to schoolchildren in urban areas where traffic patterns have become more complex and accommodations for children walking to school have not been modified.