Accidents and child development

This Guide is one of a series of five publications addressing topics in child safety and injury prevention. They are aimed at anyone involved with the safety or care of children who has the opportunity to promote safety to parents, carers and decision-makers, or control the environment where children spend their time. This Guide aims to give practitioners an overview of why injuries to children happen and what can be done to prevent them. It concentrates mostly on providing a clear and straightforward guide to the relationship between child development and unintentional injury, in order to widen our understandings as to why these injuries occur.