ZZZ+Archive+S1+Task+3+-+Investigation+Safety

=**Task 4 - Child Safety Investigation**=



This scoop.it site is a collection of lot of websites that deal with child safety and injury prevention. Take a look & explore the websites. []

You will submit your research task through www.turnitin.com The line 3 class code is **6311414** The Line 5 Class code is **6311412** The password is **childstudies**

The Australian Bureau of statistics report Mortality and Morbidity: Children's Accidents and Injuries

There are lots of differing views on child safety and how we should treat this issue. There are a few different ones.

Kohl's Safety and Injury Prevention Program for Kids - Children's Hospital Los Angeles
media type="youtube" key="6oZfal5pXSo" width="420" height="315"

Gever Tully: 5 Dangerous things you should let your kids do;.
media type="custom" key="22738822"

Steven Levitt on Car Seats
media type="custom" key="22738838"

media type="youtube" key="0AbQSE4ZKvk" width="560" height="315"
 * Using technology to promote child safety - Fun Theory**

Using technology to promote safe driving - Fun Theory
media type="youtube" key="iynzHWwJXaA" width="560" height="315"

=WRITING YOUR INVESTIGATION= Writing your investigation: A powerpoint presentation to get you on the right track



A standard exemplar:

C standard exemplar

This document has important information that summarises the key findings from a review into child injury prevention strategies.



This is a scaffold that will help you to structure your investigation

These are the results from the Child Injury Prevention survey conducted using google docs

These two videos demonstrate how to use the data from the survey.

__**How to use the survey data part 1 -**__
@http://youtu.be/3-Qy2M0NA2Y media type="youtube" key="3-Qy2M0NA2Y" height="563" width="756"

__**How to use the survey data part 2**__
@http://youtu.be/sb1ZfYWRFKs media type="youtube" key="sb1ZfYWRFKs" height="563" width="756"

=INTRODUCTION, STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION= This file has 12 key facts about child injury prevention and is a very important starting place for this investigation.

WHO / UNICEF World Report on Child Injury Prevention This is a link to the companion publication 'Have Fun, Be Safe' aimed at children from 7-12 yrs old. []

This chart gives an overview of child safety at different ages and stages of development from birth to 12+ years, identifying the risks and the safety actions.

This website explores a wide range of issues concerning kids health and safety []

UNICEF _ THe terrible toll of child injuries []

World Injury report - Fact sheets []

World report:-Tables, figures and maps; - as used in the report []

Main messages from the world report on child injuries

Recommendations form World report

Flinders University research: Trends in child Injury death - report & graphs []

=What is being done?= KIDS is an acronym for Kids In Dangerous Situations and we exist to try to redress the startling childhood injury statistics in Australia. Every day, more than 5,000 children are injured unintentionally and of those, more than 100 require hospital attention. More children die from injury than from disease. []

media type="youtube" key="d6wuOTWzyZc" height="315" width="420"

Raising children network website []

Mandatory Standards - What isbeing done by government?

What can you do?

The Royal Children's Hospital Safety Centre has put together a number of publications aimed at educating parents on keepingtheir children safe.

=**ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES**= World Report - Road trazffic injuries

[]
 * Neuroscience research Australia: We are studying how these injuries occur, and how changes to the types and design of child car restraints can reduce serious injuries and death.**

reducing the risks - accident and injury []

Driveway Safety Campaign - []

=**DROWNING**= World report - Children and drowning National Drowning report 2010 - Australia []

Pool safety fencing laws []

Lax pool fencing laws are confusing []

Keep Watch Home Pool Safety Inspector media type="youtube" key="yb9ct-1Wa7A" height="315" width="560" =BURNS= World report - Children and burns Safety fact sheet - Hot water Wesite that takes you to lots of strategies that are being put in place to try to help to prevent burns. - including posters! []

An on line game for kids to help prevent burns []

Some good information about government initiatives for burns. A speech in the house of reps. [] The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, has a Victorian Burns Prevention Partnership (VBPP) with a number of other organisations and they put out a newsletter called Stay Safe. There are three copies of it here.







General information on burns and scalds []

=FALLS= World report - Children and falls

Protect your child from falls from windows and balconies - Fact Sheet []

=POISONING= World report - Children and fpoisoning Safeguarding against poisons []

Kids and poisons - keeping children safe []

Report: Why does child resistant packaging fail? [] =CHOKING=

How to stop choking - first aid
[]

GENERAL INFORMATION - CHOKING []

[]
=Safety Issues for Babies=

Babycare Safety Issues []

Bottle feeding safety issues []

Babies Today - Home Safety Issues []

Babies Today - General Safety Issues [] Here are some videos of babies that highlight some safety issues. Look at how accidents happen - how might they have been prevented?

media type="youtube" key="9d_i--693WE" height="301" width="383"

This is a more serious little known danger in the home - batteries media type="youtube" key="_mGr24ZD4PE" height="315" width="560"

Slideshare - Child Injury
media type="custom" key="22871042"

[]

media type="custom" key="22871052"

[]