Pennsylvania Child Death Review

Injury Prevention

Injury Prevention CDR Program recommendations:
    Continue collaborative efforts related to all child safety initiatives and other public awareness campaigns that keep the focus on safety as the first step in preventing injury and death.
    o Justification: Prevention focusing on safety is the best strategy to reduce rates of child injury-related death in Pennsylvania.
    Incorporate Risk Watch into primary school curriculum.
    o Justification: Risk Watch is the first comprehensive injury prevention program available for use in schools. Developed by the National Fire Protection Association in collaboration with a panel of respected safety and injury prevention experts, Risk Watch gives children and their families the skills and knowledge they need to create safer homes and communities. 
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