Projects
Kawerau Home Health for Preshoolers Project
Injuries that happen in the home environment are the leading cause of unintentional death and hospitalisation for children aged 0 to 4 years.
In response to this issue, Toi Te Ora – Public Health Service in partnership with Safe Kawerau Kids Injury Prevention Project and the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (Plunket), initiated a second home visitation project titled the Kawerau Home Health for Preschoolers Project.
This project concentrated on two injury prevention issues; safe play in the home and child car restraint safety.
The project report below evaluates whether the Kawerau Home Health for Preschoolers Project was successful at increasing parental knowledge and behaviour in terms of engaging and supervising children in play activities, and correctly installing and using child car restraints.
It also identifies those aspects of the Kawerau Home Health initiative that enhanced project implementation, and aspects that could be improved.
Results from the project reveal increases and improvements in both parental knowledge and behaviour in both injury categories. Home visits by trained health workers providing education and practical assistance, could effectively be considered a viable approach for encouraging parents to engage and supervise preschool children during play, and correctly install and use child car restraints.
For more information, check out the resources below:
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Kawerau Home Safety for Preschoolers Project - Highly Commended at the 2008 New Zealand Community Safety and Injury Prevention Awards
