Researchers from The University of Nottingham have worked with the Child Accident Prevention Trust to produce a guide to help commissioners of children’s health services ensure accident prevention is a key part of health visiting, children’s centres and family services.
Each year, around 60 children die, 40,000 are admitted to hospital and 450,000 attend emergency departments in England because of an accidental injury at home. Most of these injuries result from falls, poisonings, burns and scalds, and the majority are preventable.
The guide – the first of its kind to be produced - is based on Keeping Children Safe, a five-year programme of research led by Professor Denise Kendrick in the University’s School of Medicine and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) aimed at increasing evidence-based child injury prevention.
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Posted on Wednesday 13th July 2016