Action planning for child safety: 2010 update on the strategic and coordinated approach to reducing the number one cause of death and disability for children in Europe - injury.

This publication from the European Child Safety Alliance, a programme of Eurosafe, is a resource developed to assist policy and programme developers with the identification, selection and implementation of evidence-based, 'good practices' to prevent unintentional injuries in children: “The Child Safety Action Plan (CSAP) project is a large-scale initiative that has run from 2004-2010 whose aim is to develop child safety action plans in participating countries in Europe. It aims to raise awareness and commitment to address a leading cause of death for children in Members States through three broad areas of activity: 1) child safety report cards and profiles, 2) encouraging adoption, implementation and monitoring of evidence-based good practices and 3) child safety action plan development and mentoring processes. This update provides an overview and progress report on the three broad areas of activity undertaken to support participating countries in reaching the desired outcomes of a government endorsed national child safety action plan and increased capacity at the national level to undertake action to address child injuries, and highlights lessons learned and the value and impact of the initiative. We also propose goals and actions for a European Child Safety Action Plan at the end of the report as an important next step in supporting child safety in Europe. The value of the Child Safety Action Plan Project over its two phases has been greater than anticipated. The evidence-based action indicator approach has provided a credible project framework, useful tools for planning and monitoring and there is early evidence that it is driving adoption and implementation of evidence-based good practices. This approach to planning provides a model for other areas of injury to consider for enabling a coordinated, comprehensive and evidence-based approach to injury reduction efforts.” See also records # 8529 and # 9112. Available at: http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/csi/eurosafe2006.nsf/wwwFreeText/pressrelease.htm?OpenDocument&context;=D09BE17E528E744DC12571770024CA82