This 2012 edition of this pool safety pamphlet is an A4 sheet folded into three. It includes sections on: Supervision: you first priority to ensure child safety around water hazards; Basic supervision guide; Pool barriers are required by law; Pool barriers need supervision too; Water safety checklist; CPR for children: Act first then dial 111 for help. Includes lots of discussion about the importance of swimming pool fencing systems which comply with the law (Fencing of Swimming Pools Act (1987)), supervision and other general child drowning prevention advice.

This cd introduces the latest Safe-n-Sound range of booster seats. Includes photos of the different models of booster seat and describes their: terminology, properties and features. There is some reference to children's ages and weights in relation to use. Received from Britax for use in the 2009/10 Campaign.

This pamphlet introduces the latest Safe-n-Sound range of booster seats. Includes photos of the different models of booster seat and describes their: terminology, properties and features. There is some reference to children's ages and weights in relation to use. Received from Britax for use in the 2009/10 Campaign.

This article looks at the UN convention on the rights of the child, how it works in New Zealand and what it means for parents

An old pamphlet, recently catalogued, which discusses flammable fabrics, and children's clothing. Information is also provided on what action to take if clothing does catch alight. Some common causes of clothing fires are also listed and illustrated.

These materials were prepared for instructional purposes only, by Geoff Wood (email [email protected]). A generic 'risk management plan' is presented. Persons interested in receiving a risk management assessment should contact the author. Risk management of 'Your College Sports Programme' is established around three key principles: -Forseeability; anticipating the type of injuries that might occur -Prevention; doing something to eliminate or reduce these type of injuries -Appropriate Response; responding appropriately should an injury occur so as to prevent further injury.

This forty page consumer rights booklet includes sections on: What is the Consumer Guarantees Act?, Guarantees for goods, Manufacturer's guarantees, Remedies from traders, Remedies from manufacturers, Extra loss or damage (consequential loss), Taking the matter further and Ministry of Consumer Affairs contact information.

This twenty four page consumer rights booklet includes sections on: What is the Consumer Guarantees Act?, Guarantees for services, Your rights and remedies from traders, Extra loss or damage (consequential loss), Taking the matter further and Ministry of Consumer Affairs contact information.

This booklet describes how ACC works and outlines how to make a claim, issues around treatment and the financial help available. N.B This booklet is intended as a general guide and contains information which may change at times.

A step by step guide to preventing children's accidents. Discusses hazards, necessary environmental changes, and first aid. Gives emergency numbers and contacts for further information.

A step by step guide to preventing children's accidents. Discusses hazards, necessary environmental changes, and first aid. Gives emergency numbers and contacts for further info.

If your vehicle has safety features you've dramatically increased your chances of surviving a crash and reducing injuries. If you're buying a car, whether new or second hand, put vehicle safety high on your priority list. This brochure outlines the safety features available, how they work, and how they can benefit you. n.b.- While safety features increase your chances of surviving a crash, they don't make you indestructible. They won't necessarily save you from death or serious injury if you're speeding. drink driving, or not wearing your safety belt.

Practical advice for children and young adults on pedestrian safety.

This poster, aimed at owners of smaller temporary swimming pools, relates to their legal responsibilities with regards to swimming pool fencing. This poster shows a kind of temporary fencing (Flexi-fence) which can be used with the smaller pools which are still a drowning hazard. This fencing is compliant with the relevant laws.

This is a poster for owners of swimming pools, asking them if they comply with pool safety regulations with an emphasis on fences even if it is a temporary pool. Photograph of a group of children playing in a large inflatable pool which is surrounded by a temporary fence. Jointly funded by water safety organisations and local councils in the larger Auckland and Whangarei area.

This is a poster for owners of swimming pools asking them if they comply with pool safety regulations. Photograph of a small toddler reaching for a yellow ball in the pool. Jointly funded by water safety organisations and local councils in the larger Auckland and Whangarei area.

This is a poster for owners of swimming pools asking them if they comply with pool safety regulations with an emphasis on pool gates. Photograph of a small toddler reaching for a gate latch. Jointly funded by water safety organisations and local councils in the larger Auckland and Whangarei area.

This is a guidelines pamphlet for owners of swimming pools which relates to their legal responsibilities with regards to swimming pool fencing. Information and advice is presented under the following headings; (1) Design and construction, (2) Drowning prevention strategies, (3) General information, and (4) Pool fencing guidelines (checklist).

Provides an integrated and practical vision. Summarises the detailed public transport actions that are contained in the Auckland Regional Land Transport Strategy.

This small A5 folded pamphlet from the Fire Service advises babysitters about how to keep the children and home fire safe. It includes sections on: 'Playing safe', 'Cooking safety', 'Fire escape planning', 'Home security' and 'Important phone numbers and notes.' For more information see: http://www.fire.org.nz

This is part-proceedings from a forum to discuss the development of an Auckland wide child and youth mortality review system, which was hosted by The Mayoral Forum in Auckland, June 26, 2001.

This document sets out how government, working with families and communities, can support young people to develop the skills and attitudes they need to take part positively in society, now and in the future. It is an important step in shifting our thinking from the old focus on ‘youth problems’ to an understanding of young people as partners and contributors, with all of us supporting their development. The Strategy provides a plan for how we can achieve this.

A paucity of literature exists on the subject of youth football with the majority of research concentrating on athletes of high-school age or older. Youth football participants include those athletes who compete in organised football prior to high school. Injury rate and severity for youth players is surprisingly low when compared with those competitors who have passed through puberty. As children mature they become bigger, faster and stronger, which is accompanied by an increased injury risk. Quarterbacks and running backs are injured almost five times more often than offensive linemen and linebackers. The knee is the most common site of injury followed by the ankle, wrist and hand. Fortunately, traumatic brain and cervical spine injuries are exceedingly rare. In this article, the authors review the youth football literature, identify the most common injuries by anatomical location, discuss the differential diagnoses and outline treatment options.

BACKGROUND: There are approximately 2.8 million youth football players between the ages of 7 and 14 years in the United States. Rates of injury in this population are poorly described. Recent studies have reported injury rates between 2.3% and 30.4% per season and between 8.5 and 43 per 1000 exposures. HYPOTHESIS: Youth flag football has a lower injury rate than youth tackle football. The concussion rates in flag football are lower than in tackle football. STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS: Three large youth (grades 2-7) football leagues with a total of 3794 players were enrolled. Research personnel partnered with the leagues to provide electronic attendance and injury reporting systems. Researchers had access to deidentified player data and injury information. Injury rates for both the tackle and flag leagues were calculated and compared using Poisson regression with a log link. The probability an injury was severe and an injury resulted in a concussion were modeled using logistic regression. For these 2 responses, best subset model selection was performed, and the model with the minimum Akaike information criterion value was chosen as best. Kaplan-Meier curves were examined to compare time loss due to injury for various subgroups of the population. Finally, time loss was modeled using Cox proportional hazards regression models. RESULTS: A total of 46,416 exposures and 128 injuries were reported. The mean age at injury was 10.64 years. The hazard ratio for tackle football (compared with flag football) was 0.45 (95% CI, 0.25-0.80; P =.0065). The rate of severe injuries per exposure for tackle football was 1.1 (95% CI, 0.33-3.4; P =.93) times that of the flag league. The rate for concussions in tackle football per exposure was 0.51 (95% CI, 0.16-1.7; P =.27) times that of the flag league. CONCLUSION: Injury is more likely to occur in youth flag football than in youth tackle football. Severe injuries and concussions were not significantly different between leagues. Concussion was more likely to occur during games than during practice. Players in the sixth or seventh grade were more likely to suffer a concussion than were younger players. [American football]

Injuries to Canadian youth (11-15yrs) identified from a population based health survey (World Health Organization- Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Survey, or WHO-HBSC) were compared with youth injuries from a national, emergency department based surveillance system, the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP). Comparisons focused on external causes of injury, and examined whether similar rankings of injury patterns and hence priorities for intervention were identified by the two different systems. The study concludes that the two sub-sets of CHIRPP data and the WHO-HBSC data identified similar priorities for injury prevention among young people. Findings indicate that CHIRPP may be representative of general youth injury patterns in Canada. This study provides a novel and practical model for the validation of injury surveillance programmes.

"Young people are interested in their communities and many are actively involved. Having said that, adults do act as gate keepers with regard to youth involvement in decision-making and there is a need to question why more community groups, local authorities and government departments do not involve youth in their development plans. The energy and committment of young people to create positive social change needs to be harnessed- instead it is common for young people to be viewed as the cause of social deterioration. The failure of adults to involve young people in the search for solutions to community problems is both unfortunate and counter-productive."

Priority health-risk behaviors, which contribute to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among youth and adults, often are established during youth, extend into adulthood, are interrelated, and are preventable. This report covers data during February-December 2001. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults; these behaviors contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC as well as state, territorial, and local school-based surveys conducted by education and health agencies. This report summarizes results from the national survey, 34 state surveys, and 18 local surveys conducted among students in grades 9-12 during February-December 2001. In the United States, approximately three fourths of all deaths among persons aged 10-24 years result from only four causes: motor-vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. Results from the 2001 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey demonstrated that numerous high school students engage in behaviors that increase their likelihood of death from these four causes: 14.1% had rarely or never worn a seat belt during the 30 days preceding the survey; 30.7% had ridden with a driver who had been drinking alcohol; 17.4% had carried a weapon during the 30 days preceding the survey; 47.1% had drunk alcohol during the 30 days preceding the survey; 23.9% had used marijuana during the 30 days preceding the survey; and 8.8% had attempted suicide during the 12 months preceding the survey. Substantial morbidity and social problems among young persons also result from unintended pregnancies and STDs, including HIV infection. Health and education officials at national, state, and local levels are using these YRBSS data to analyze and improve policies and programs to reduce priority health-risk behaviors among youth. The YRBSS data also are being used to measure progress toward achieving 16 national health objectives for 2010 and 3 of the 10 leading health indicators.

Youth are over-represented in road crashes in Australia. During 1996, young people (aged 17-25 years) were involved in 41% of fatal crashes and 37% of hospitalisation crashes in Australia. In 1997 youth were involved in a total of 8513 fatal and hospitalisation crashes. To address the issue of youth involvement in road crashes, Austroads has undertaken to develop a National Action Plan for Youth Road Safety for consideration within the National Road Safety Strategy being developed by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Each jurisdiction in Australia and in New Zealand has developed strategies to address the issue of young driver involvement in road crashes. Strategies included developing integrated driver education and training programs; improving graduated licensing schemes where required; involving youth in the development of programs; and funding research projects to establish a better understanding of youth road safety issues. This document comprises a draft set of recommended strategies for addressing youth road safety issues. The strategies listed below are based on outcomes from the Youth Road Safety Workshop held in Melbourne in April 1999. The recommended strategies include: -Youth involvement and ownership -Family, community and industry responsibility -Public education -Driver education, training and licensing -Enforcement support -Legislation -Research and evaluation -Coordination and integration The main objective and action points are provided for each of the recommended strategies listed above.

Unintentional injury remains the leading cause of death in U.S. children. This article provides a case evaluation of a school based youth safety education program based on the Think First National Injury Prevention Program curriculum. Partners for the program included an urban elementary school, a school of nursing, a Safe Kids Coalition, a regional trauma center, and pediatric, community, and critical care nurses. A convenience sample of 140 second grade children in a mid-Atlantic elementary school participated in a 1 hour-a-week injury prevention class over the course of 6 weeks. The Think First National Injury Prevention Program served as the core curriculum and evaluation framework. At the end of the program, knowledge test scores increased an average of 35% over pre-test measures. Ninety-eight percent of the faculty, staff nurses, student nurses, children, and parents indicated a positive overall value of the program and the need for it to continue on an ongoing basis. Safety resources are provided for pediatric nurses to use in their diverse practice settings.

OBJECTIVES: Early sports specialization is being seen with increasing frequency in children and adolescents in an attempt to achieve elite performance status. This phenomenon has attracted negative medical and lay media attention due, in part, to the possibility of an increased risk of acute and overuse injuries. The purpose of this study was to systematically review available research on youth sport specialization and musculoskeletal injury. METHODS: A systematic review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for studies evaluating sports specialization and injury rates in participants under age 18. Inclusion criteria were: (1) youth patient population (defined as <18 years of age), (2) peer-reviewed investigation of association(s) between sports specialization and incidence of injury, and (3) original research article (rather than a review, case report, or meta-analysis). Exclusion criteria were: (1) reliance on surrogate measure(s) of sports specialization (eg. hours of participation), (2) language other than English, and (3) not a clinically-based study. Rates of sport specialization, acute and overuse injuries, and frequency of organized training regimens were recorded. RESULTS: Three studies met final inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of these studies two were retrospective cohort studies and one was a case-control study. All three studies reported an increased risk of overuse injures (OR range: 1.27-4.0; P<0.05) which varied by sport and anatomic pathology. One study noted an increased rate of withdrawal from tennis matches (OR=1.55, P<0.05) in athletes who participated only in tennis compared to multisport athletes who competed in tennis. Based on the consistency of the results from included studies, the strength of recommendation grade for the current evidence against early sports specialization is "B" (recommendation based on limited-quality patient-oriented evidence). CONCLUSIONS: The primary evidence that currently exists with regard to early sport specialization is scarce, retrospective, and shows only modest associations between early sports specialization and overuse injury. Further prospective research is needed to more definitively determine if early sports specialization in children is associated with increased injury risk. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Systematic Review, Level III.

A comprehensive directory of services available, in Northland and Auckland, to young people, youth groups and community organisations.

The Minister of Consumer Affairs, Judith Tizard, has issued a public caution over a children’s toy, the ‘Yo-Yo Ball’, and asked the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to investigate its safety, after the toy was recently banned in the United Kingdom. Yo-Yo Balls are low-priced toys, a little smaller than a tennis ball, made from a soft rubber material, and filled with a liquid. They are covered in small nodules and have a stretchy rubber strap with a finger loop at the end. The material is highly elastic and can stretch from 250mm, in its resting state, to over one and a half metres. "I am concerned that the design of the toy encourages children to swing it round their heads to see how far it stretched, or to lasso objects," says Judith Tizard. Between 30,000 and 45,000 Yo-Yo Balls have been imported recently into New Zealand. They first appeared on the domestic market in November 2002, but most seem to have been sold in February/March this year. "The Yo-Yo Ball can pose a hazard if it is whirled and the extended strap wraps around a child's throat. They can wrap very tightly and be difficult to remove. Instances of this occurring have been reported in the UK, France, Switzerland and the USA. As a result, the product has been banned in the UK, and other countries are considering options for action.

This is a media release about the strangulation risk posed by yo-yo balls.

The concept of a Safe System, in the context of road safety, originated in Sweden and the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s. At the time, scientists and policy makers began to question the prevailing view that the safety of road users was, in the last instance, their own responsibility and that the task of road safety policy was thus primarily to influence road users’ behaviour so they would act safely at all times. As the decades-long decreases in the number of road fatalities and severe injuries were levelling out, it became clear a predominant focus on education, information, regulation and enforcement was no longer delivering progress. A rethink was needed. This report describes a paradigm shift in road safety policy, being led by a handful of countries, according to the principles of a Safe System. A Safe System is based on the premise that road crashes are both predictable and preventable, and that it is possible to move towards zero road deaths and serious injuries. This, however, requires a fundamental rethink of the governance and implementation of road safety policy. To stem the road death epidemic, the United Nations have set the target of halving traffic fatalities by 2020. Every year, 1.25 million people are killed in road crashes and up to 50 million are seriously injured. Road crashes kill more people than malaria or tuberculosis and are among the ten leading causes of death. Their economic cost is estimated at 2-5% of GDP in many countries. Written by a group of international road safety experts, this report provides leaders in government, administrations, business and academia with emerging best practices and the starting point to chart their own journeys towards a Safe System. The report highlights need for a new approach to cutting the casualty toll and is called Zero Road Deaths and Serious Injuries: Leading a Paradigm Shift in Road Safety. It has a number of core recommendations. The conventional approach to road safety seeks incremental improvements to current practice. However a Safe System works backwards from the vision of eliminating road fatalities and serious injuries, giving new perspectives as to effective instruments In the countries and cities that have adopted a Safe System, innovation occurred where leaders strongly felt that the current approach no longer delivered. Strong and visionary leaders, who galvanise policy making as well as public opinion, open the way for others to follow and ensure that a sense of urgency permeates government agencies. Today, avoiding harmful crashes is the responsibility of the road user. A Safe System requires everyone with a role in the traffic environment to recognise this role and assume responsibility for making traffic safe. Shared responsibility is the basis for integrated policies and complementary actions that leverage all parts of a Safe System for greater overall safety. The issue of road safety is a critical one as road crashes are the leading cause of death worldwide for young people aged 15-29 and the ninth leading cause of death overall, killing more people than malaria or tuberculosis. Rapid motorisation in many lower-income countries points to rising numbers of road deaths in the future, while in many higher-income countries, progress in reducing fatalities has stalled. The United Nations set a target to halve the number of road fatalities over the coming years. Achieving the 50% reduction enshrined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require governments to fundamentally review road safety policies. José Viegas, Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum said, “There is huge potential for lower-income countries to leapfrog the spikes in road fatalities usually seen with growing car numbers, by drawing on lessons from the Safe System pioneers. Investments into capacity-building measures for those countries will pay off in human lives saved.” The ITF report highlights how cities can use a Safe System to improve road safety for the high share of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists or seniors in urban traffic.

Gladstone School in Mt. Albert has organised Auckland's first 'Walking School Bus' to help alleviate chaos at the school gate. "Zippy's (the Zebra) Walking Bus" was created by the school with the assistance of Auckland City Council Road Safety Coordinators. The walking bus is 'driven' and 'conducted' by trained volunteer parents.

This report outlines the introduction and implementation of the Zippy Walking School Bus programme at Gladstone Primary School.