The need for knowledge of what works is growing every day among those working to reduce the burden of unintentional injuries amongst Europe’s children. Good use of evidence is central to achieving this and knowing ‘what works’ is at the heart of developing good policy and programmes. The Child Safety Good Practice Guide builds on previous work by the European Child Safety Alliance, a programme of Eurosafe, and child safety researchers from around the globe and is a step in supporting countries in Europe to move toward evidence-based good practice. The purpose of the guide 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 are highlighted in “at-a-glance” tables which provide referenced evidence statements and strategy transfer and implementation points. Arranged by injury category and the 3 E’s (engineering, enforcement and education) the tables allow readers to quickly identify evidence-based good practice and best investments for having a real impact on childhood injury. As such the guide also serves a tool to raise awareness and communicate those strategies/interventions that have an evidence-base. It also provides practical advice on how to use good practice in strategic and action planning for unintentional injury prevention and safety promotion and stresses the importance of taking the time to address transferability issues prior to final selection of strategies. Further, where available examples of ‘real world’ success in at least one setting in Europe are provided as learning tools for those considering uptake, transfer and implementation of select strategies/interventions. This book contains, a.o. the following topics: Good practices for: * Child passenger safety Fall prevention in children; * Child pedestrian safety Burn & scald prevention in children; * Child cyclist safety Poisoning prevention in children; * Child water safety Choking prevention; * Child home safety Community-based prevention; * Country leadership and infrastructure. And the following case studies: Safe road to school in Faro, Portugal; * Car safety seat loan program, Austria; * Kerbcraft, Scotland; * Road safety strategy, France; * Paediatrician injury prevention, Austria; * Bicycle helmet campaign, Denmark; * Pool safety, France; * Drowning prevention, Iceland; * Drowning prevention campaign, Greece; * Child safety box, Austria; * Riskwatch, Scotland; * All Wales Injury Surveillance System, Wales; * Child resistant packaging for chemicals, Netherlands; and * Bicycle helmet initiative trust, United Kingdom. (Author/publisher)
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