New Injury Prevention Resource from Child Safety Link

Posted Le 8 novembre 2019

Child Safety Link is excited to release a new resource entitled: Preventing Serious Injuries in Children and Youth in Atlantic Canada: A Guide for Decision Makers.

The purpose of the guide is to highlight the importance of preventing unintentional injuries in children and youth in Atlantic Canada and provide recommendations for comprehensive next steps. The guide was developed in response to the Child & Youth Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations: 10 years in Review [2004-2013] report released in 2016.

The English and French guides as well as an infographic highlighting the important of children's injury prevention are available on the Child Safety Link website: https://childsafetylink.ca/library/atlantic-canada-injury-reports/decision-makers-guide/

The guide is for decision makers, public servants, policy makers, legislators and others in Atlantic Canada who have a resposibility for keeping children safe or have a role in injury prevention resource allocation. Unintenional injury issues highlited include a section on Falls.