"Keeping Children Safe at Home" Programme: Findings

Who are the intended audience?

The findings from the KCS programme will be targeted at a wide range of audiences:

• Child health commissioners, who will need to know what interventions are  effective and cost effective.
• Emergency department practitioners and members of the primary health care team who will need to know the risk factors for injury in pre-school children
• Children’s Centre managers, voluntary sector organisations and partners such as community fire service staff which will need to know how they can work closely and in partnership with each other.
• Researchers, who will want to learn about methodological issues and problems in a range of study designs and how to overcome them.
• Trial participants and the wider population of the parents/ carers of pre-school children, who will want to know what works to prevent injuries and about parents/carers experiences of injuries and their prevention.

How will the findings be made available?

• Publication in academic journals in the fields of injury epidemiology and prevention, child health, public health, health promotion and research methods.
• Oral presentations and posters at conferences for academic and practitioner audiences, including local authority and health providers. 
• Articles in practitioner publications targeting local authorities, health providers, voluntary organisations and the charity sector.
• Newsletters to local authorities, health providers and participants during the course of the study.
• Targeted feedback specific to audiences such as professional bodies (e.g. FPH, RCPCH etc), strategic bodies (e.g. DH, strategic directors/DPH’s in local authorities, strategic directors in commissioning bodies).
• Networks in related fields such as Children’s Centres