scholarly journals Playground Safety Practices. Injury Prevention and Effective Investigation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Ioana Curcă
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Playground Safety

Safety of School Playgrounds: Field Analysis From a Randomized Sample

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Olsen ◽  
Eric Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
School Nurses ◽  
Field Analysis ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
School Playgrounds ◽  
Playground Safety ◽  
Safety Strategies ◽  
Impact Attenuation ◽  
Loose Fill ◽  
Attenuation Characteristics

Research supports recess, however, playground injuries are prevalent with more than 200,000 cases per year requiring medical attention. School playgrounds are among the leading location for injury. The purpose was to identify the safety and risk factors of playground environments and impact attenuation characteristics of surfacing materials. Results demonstrated 46% playground spaces protected students from traffic. Results found 75% of playgrounds were exposed to full sun, and unitary surface materials were up to 49°F warmer than the air temperature. There was an increase in the probability of risk whether equipment height was over 9 ft for loose fill surfacing materials or over 6 ft for unitary surfaces. Loose strings or ropes looped over equipment were found on 23% of playgrounds. This study provides discussion and data pertaining to numerous aspects of playground safety. Strategies for school nurses are shared to shape policies and education for playground safety practices.

An Investigation of School Playground Safety Practices as Reported by School Nurses

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D. Hudson ◽  
Heather M. Olsen ◽  
Donna Thompson
Keyword(s):  
School Nurses ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Playground Safety

Safety Practices and Living Conditions of Low-Income Urban Families

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 1112-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Santer ◽  
Carol B. Stocking
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Families ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Adult Supervision ◽  
Smoke Detectors ◽  
Poor Children

Injuries remain the leading cause of mortality in children and disproportionately affect poor children. Prior injury prevention efforts have neglected the injury prevention needs of these children. One hundred thirty-three care givers of medically indigent urban children younger than 6 years old were interviewed regarding living conditions, previous injuries, and safety practices and knowledge. Functional smoke detectors and fire extinguishers were present in 75% and 27% of homes, respectively. Few respondents, regardless of previous poisoning experience, were cognizant of ipecac, had it in their homes, or had a good response to a possible poisoning. Few homes had locked storage space, and most hazards were stored suboptimally. While the frequency of the use of automobiles was low, rides in a variety of vehicles were common with 63% of children who usually were restrained inadequately. Additionally, 89% of children aged 35 to 59 months and 6% of those younger than 3 years old sometimes bathed without adult supervision. These findings indicate the dramatic need for injury prevention programs focused on low-income urban families. Specific concerns include exposure to fires and burns, falls, hazardous travel conditions, dangerous chemical, choking, and drowning. Lack of information and isolated care givers may result in poor supervision and responses to injury of these children. We suggest potential interventions in each area.

scholarly journals Pregnant Women’s Intentions to Implement Safety Practices for Preventing Infant Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Chikako Honda ◽  
Takashi Naruse ◽  
Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Accidental Ingestion ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Five Practices

Injury prevention education for pregnant women may be beneficial for infants’ safety. Currently, knowledge about the scope of an expectant mother’s intent to prevent injury is limited. The objective of this study was to determine pregnant women’s intentions to implement infant injury prevention strategies. From May to June 2017, a self-administered questionnaire based on the precaution adoption process model was distributed among pregnant women who participated in a parenting preparation class in a city, Tokyo. Pregnant women’s intentions to implement the following eight kinds of safety practices were measured: three practices regarding suffocation, two regarding falls, one safety practice for burns, one for accidental ingestion, and one for traffic accidents. Among 132 respondents (response rate: 83.5%; mean age: 33.4 years; mean gestational age: 29 weeks), the most common unawareness issue was “Make sure that there is no space between the mattress and bed frame” (68.2%), followed by “Use a firm mattress or futon” (38.5%) and “Keep soft objects away from the baby’s head in the baby’s sleep area” (31.8%); 58% or more women reported having already “decided to implement” the other five practices. Safety practices that pregnant women were mostly unaware of were for preventing suffocation, despite this being a leading cause of death in terms of unintentional infant injury. In comparison, the safety practices for falls, burns, and accidental ingestion were more known to pregnant women. The pregnant women’s intention to implement injury prevention for infants varied by safety practices. These findings could be used to improve the focus of antenatal education programs for the prevention of infant injury.

States Often Don't Measure Up on Injury Prevention

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
KERRI WACHTER
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention
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