Child Safety
Ensuring child safety is critical to help reduce the risk of injury and death for infants, children and adolescents.
The types of risk vary based on a child or adolescents age group.
- Infants and young children are at greater risk of accidental asphyxia deaths, which often result from unsafe sleeping environments and parents co-sleeping with their children. Sadly, they are also at greater risk of homicide by abuse and neglect.
- Adolescents are at greater risk of motor vehicle accidents, suicide, and drug overdoses.
- All age groups are at risk of drowning, especially children between ages one and four.
Prevent Accidents and Deaths for Children and Adolescents
Accidental Overdoses/Over-the-Counter Medications
- How to Dispose of Unused Medicines PDF 248KB
- Medication Safety Program (CDC)
- Operation Medicine Cabinet
- The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
- Proper Medication Disposal
- Substance Abuse (Healthy Children)
- Using Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Products PDF 268KB
Burns
Choking
- AAP Policy on Choking Prevention (Healthy Children)
- Choking Prevention (Healthy Children)
- Choking Prevention for Children PDF 136KB
- Strangulation Deaths from the “Choking Game” (CDC)
Drowning
- AAP Gives Updated Advice on Drowning Prevention (Healthy Children)
- ABC&D’s of Drowning Prevention
- Drownings – Protect the Ones You Love (CDC)
- Pool Safely: Simple Steps Save Lives
Falls
Furniture Hazards
- Anchor for Safety: Tip-Over-Related Deaths and Injuries Not Slowing Down (CPSC)
- Anchor It and Protect A Child (CPSC)
- Preventing TV and Furniture Tip-Over Deaths PDF 90KB
Medical Safety
Poisoning
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- Environmental Hazards (Healthy Children)
- Poisonings – Protect the Ones You Love (CDC)
- Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center
Road Traffic Injuries
- Auto Safety (Kids Health)
- Car Safety Seats (Healthy Children)
- Child Safety (NHTSA)
- Road Traffic Injuries – Protect the Ones You Love (CDC)
Safe Sleeping
- Crib Safety Information (CPSC)
- Infant Suffocation and SIDS
- Reduce the Risk of SIDS (Healthy Children)
- SUID and SIDS: Parents and Caregivers (CDC)
Sports Injuries
- Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports (CDC)
- Sports Injuries – Protect the Ones You Love (CDC)
- Tips for Sports Injury Prevention
Suicide
Weapons
Updated on: August 15, 2018