Ministry of Health

NZ Government

    
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 Published: 23/05/2007

Safe Kids Worldwide:
a Vaccine for Childhood Injury

Dr Martin Eichelberger

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Outline

Safe Kids Worldwide:
Vaccine for Unintentional Injury

The Material Well-being of Children, an OECD Overview
Deaths from accidents and injuries per 100,000 under 19 years
(average of latest three years available)

Injury is a Disease
• Predictable patterns
• Prevention strategy possible

Injury Control
Prevention
Acute care
Rehabilitation

Children’s National Medical Center
Trauma Admissions

Major Risk Areas
- Traffic
- Drowning
- Fire and burns
- Poisoning
- Falls

Lap Belt Complex
Side Impact Syndrome

Types of Child Safety Seats
1. Infant Only
2. Convertible
3. Booster

Unintentional Childhood Injury:
A Global Epidemic

Prevention
- Primary Prevention
    Avoid energy transfer
           Set water heaters to 120 degrees F
           Lock up poisons
           Pedestrian Crosswalk
           Secondary Prevention
    Modify energy transfer
           Buckle up
           Bike helmet
           Smoke alarm
    Tertiary Prevention
          Improve Outcome
          Trauma Center
          Rehabilitation

Economics
Annual Lifetime Cost = US$303.4 billion
For every $1 SPENT SAVES $
    Safety Seat $32
    Bike Helmet $30
    Smoke Alarm $69
    Poison Control $7

Method
• Coalition
• Education
• Media
• Legislation
• Product Design

What is a SAFE KIDS Coalition?
Organized group
Common goal
Collaboration
Network
Injury prevention resource

Grassroots Strength
Firefighters/paramedics
Medical professionals
Educators
Parents
Volunteers
Business
Law enforcement
Policymakers

US Coalition Growth: 1988-2004

SAFE KIDS Programs
  - Occupant
  - Bike Safety
  - Fire and Burn
  - Pedestrian Safety
  - Poisoning
  - Playground Safety
  - Water Safety
  - Sports Injury
  - Firearm Safety

SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP

860,000 - Seats checked
350,000 - Seats distributed
13 million - People reached
119 - Vans
75 - Permanent stations

Injury Death Rate

Trends in Unintentional Childhood Injury Mortality, 1987-2000
Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury decreased 16 %
Drowning decreased 32 %
Pedestrian Injury decreased 51 %
Bicycle Injury decreased 60 %
Fire & Burn Injury decreased 56 %
Firearm Injury decreased 72 %
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Vital Statistics System.

Estimated Deaths for 2000, Global Burden of Injury and Disease
Worldwide Burden
1 million children - Die

Worldwide Childhood
Injury Research 2002
98 %
Developing Nations
SAFE KIDS Worldwide
Founded in 1999
Unintentional Child Injury Death Rates
Source: Childhood Unintentional Injury Worldwide: Meeting the Challenge, 2002

Vision
  - Eliminate
  - Unintentional
  - Childhood Injury

Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide Goal
To reduce Injury death rate by 25% by 2015
 

SAFE KIDS Week
São Paulo, Brazil July 2004