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Role of a children's hospital safety centre in injury control
Author(s) -
HANNAH LYNDA,
NOLAN TERRY
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1993.tb03041.x
Subject(s) - medicine , government (linguistics) , control (management) , occupational safety and health , nursing , medical emergency , management , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , economics
Over the past 13 years, child safety centres have been established at several Australian Children's hospitals. In a short time, they have developed an important role in community injury control programmes. These centres provide an efficient conduit for transferring up‐to‐date injury surveillance and prevention information to families, industry, health and education professionals, and government. The activities of the Child Safety Centre at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne are described, together with ways in which a degree of self‐funding can be achieved.