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Child Safety
As parents, we want to keep our children safe from harm. Take steps to keep your children safe by
- Installing the right child safety seat in your car
- Teaching children how to cross the street safely
- Making sure they wear the right gear and equipment for sports
- Installing and testing smoke alarms
- Storing medicines, cleaners and other dangerous substances in locked cabinets
- Babyproofing your home
- Not leaving small children unattended
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Start Here
- Child Safety: Keeping Your Home Safe for Your Baby(American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Also available in Spanish
- Parents: ABCs of Raising Safe and Healthy Kids(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Overviews
- Child Safety Publications(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - PDF
- First Aid and Safety(Nemours Foundation)
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How to Prevent Medical Emergencies
(American College of Emergency Physicians)
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Latest News
- Kids' Chemical Injuries Down, But May Rise in Summer(05/07/2013, Reuters Health)
- More Than 4,000 U.S. Kids Hurt Each Year on Amusement Rides(05/01/2013, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Make Kids Safe in the Sandbox(04/19/2013, HealthDay)
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Specific Conditions
- Children and Social Networking(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Children's Furniture Safety Publications(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - PDF
- Cold, Ice, and Snow Safety(Nemours Foundation)
- Dangers of Magnetic Toys and Fake Piercings(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Electric Shock(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Fall Safety for Kids: How to Prevent Falls(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Holiday Safety Tips(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Keep Kids Safe and Healthy in the Summer(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Also available in Spanish
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Never Leave Your Child Alone in the Car(Safe Kids Worldwide)
- Novelty Makeup (Face Paint)(Food and Drug Administration)
- Pedestrian Safety Tips(Safe Kids Worldwide) - PDF
- Playground Safety (For Parents)(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
- Preventing Abductions(Nemours Foundation)
- Safety for Your Child: 1 to 2 Years(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety for Your Child: 10 Years(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety for Your Child: 2 to 4 Years(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety for Your Child: 5 Years(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety for Your Child: 6 to 12 Months(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety for Your Child: 6 Years(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety for Your Child: 8 Years(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety for Your Child: Birth to 6 Months(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety Tips for Children Who Are Home Alone(National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) - PDF
- Think Toy Safety(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - PDF
- Trampoline Safety in Childhood and Adolescence(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Winter Safety Tips(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Also available in Spanish
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Related Issues
- Childproofing and Preventing Household Accidents(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
- How to Prepare for Disasters(American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Leaving Your Child Home Alone(Nemours Foundation)
- Preventing Backovers in America's Driveways(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
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Videos
- Lock It Up: Medicine Safety in Your Home(Food and Drug Administration)
- Tipping Point(Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- When Lawn Mowers Attack(American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
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Games
- Interactive Safety Quizzes(National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
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Organizations
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Law and Policy
- Bicycle Helmet Use Laws(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - PDF
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Statistics
- CDC Vital Signs: Child Injury(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Toy Safety(Safe Kids Worldwide)
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Children
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Being Safe in the Kitchen(Nemours Foundation)
- Color Me Safe(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
- Color Me Safe Coloring Book(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Coloring Book - Stay Out! Stay Alive!(Department of Labor)
- Do You Know How to Be Street Smart?(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Safety Tips(Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- How to Be Safe in Ice and Snow(Nemours Foundation)
- Staying Safe in the Car and on the Bus(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
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Tox Town(National Library of Medicine)
- Also available in Spanish
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ToxMystery(National Library of Medicine)
- Also available in Spanish
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Being Safe in the Kitchen
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Teenagers
- Staying Safe(Nemours Foundation)
- Texting on the Move(Nemours Foundation)
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Patient Handouts
- Bathroom safety - children
- Also available in Spanish
- Cribs and crib safety
- Also available in Spanish
- Preventing head injuries in children
- Also available in Spanish
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