Accident prevention: The health visitor's role

"The health of the nation" white paper (UK 1991?) set targets in five key areas for reductions in both mortality and morbidity. The author of this article, Dr. Sara Levene, medical consultant to the CAPT, considers accidents, a major problem which health visitors can do much to control. She reviews how accidents are presented in the white paper, what health visitors can do and what resources are available to help them. She offers particular advice on special accident prevention initiatives and discusses some of the opportunities created by the white paper.