Creating a safe environment at home

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The following are easy ways you can prevent
accidents at home.
This safe environment must be kept until yourchild turns three.

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Fit a non-slip material
inside the bathtub, etc.!

Once your child begins to crawl,
fence off the stairs!

Prevent accidental pinchingof ﬁngers by door!

Prevent access to a stove!

The bathroom floor andbathtub interior are veryslippery when wet. Make
them less slippery byfitting a mat and/or
self-adhesive sheet.

Three “checks” to protect their smiles

Protecting children from accidents

Things we can doOnce your child begins
to crawl, he/she will
want to explore everywhere in your house.
Fence off the stairs andkitchen.

Prevent access to astove by installing aprotective fence. If you
are buying a new one,note that gentle heating
devices like oil heaters
are safer for children.

Children often break theirfingers by inserting them into
small gaps. Attach empty milk
cartons to the gap to keep
fingers out.

You can see these tips demonstrated in an accident-free model house at the Aichi Childrenʼs Health and Medical Center.
If you wish to see them, please contact staff at the Health Care Section.

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Eight points to check for preventing accidents

Accidental ingestion and suffocation: Objects smaller than 39 mm in diameter(identifiable by an accidental ingestion checker tool) should be kept at least 1 m above the floor.
Brachial blockage: Donʼt let your child eat dry peanuts before turning three.

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8Prevention of falling down the stairs: Install fences to protect your child from falling down the stairs.
Prevention of falling from verandah: Donʼt leave any object like planters
and a pile of newspapers which your child could step on.
Drowning in bathtub: Donʼt leave water in the bathtub after use.
Prevent easy entrance to the bathroom.
Burns: Set the hot water temperature appropriately.
Prevent access to heat sources. Be careful with fireworks.

Third Saturday of the month

Aichi Childrenʼs Health and Medical Center
Venue Accident-free model house (1F atrium)
Contact

Please call the Health Care Section of the Aichi Childrenʼs Health and Medical Center.

Reservations

Published: January 2016

What will you do to protect your children from accidents?
Letʼs think together.

Bicycle accidents: Make your child wear a helmet. Protect your childʼs legs and take other necessary measures when riding a bicycle.

Learning about accident prevention at the accidentProgram free model house and emergency life-saving techniques
From 10 a.m.

How can we protect children from accidents? We
can create an accident-free environment wherechildren may safely be left alone by their parents.

Car accidents: Use a child-seat. Donʼt leave any infant alone in the car.

★Class on preventing childrenʼs accidents★
Dateand time

It used to be assumed that accidents were completely
unpredictable, but now we know that many of the accidents that
can happen to children are preventable.

Phone: 0562-43-0500 (main) (extension 4042)
We welcome your visit.

Health Care Section, Aichi Childrenʼs Health and Medical Center
7-426 Morioka-cho, Obu City, 474-8710
TEL 0562-43-0500 FAX 0562-43-0504 URL http://www.achmc.pref.aichi.jp

Causes of death by age in Aichi Prefecture (2009‒2013)
Age

No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
Number of deaths
Number of deaths
Number of deaths
Number of deaths
Number of deaths
Cause of death Proportion Cause of death Proportion Cause of death Proportion Cause of death Proportion Cause of death Proportion

Congenital anomaly,
deformity or
chromosome aberration

302 Respiratory or cardiovascular 109
disturbance peculiar to the38.4％ perinatal period
13.9％

Age 1 to 4 deformity orCongenital anomaly,

63
22.3％

Age 5 to 9

Accident

4226.8％

Accident

3720.0％Age 0chromosome aberration

Age 10 to 14

Accident
Malignantneoplasm
Malignantneoplasm

41
14.5％
31
19.7％
36
19.5％

Accident
Malignantneoplasm
Other
neoplasm
Suicide32
Sudden infant
death syndrome 4.1％
2016
Intestinal
Pneumonia
infection
7.1％
5.7％
Heart disease
84335
Heart disease
5.5％
4.4％
258.8％

95.7％ Congenital anomaly, deformity or chromosome aberration

5.1％

2514
Heart disease
13.5％
7.6％

73.8％

Other
neoplasm

In Aichi Prefecture, accidents are one of the three main causes of death of children (age 0 to 14) in each group.
Japan urgently needs to take preventive measures to protect children from accidents. This is one of the themes
addressed by the second Sukoyuaka Oyako 21 campaign (a national campaign for maternal and child health) andalso by Aichi Hagumin Plan 2015‒2019 (Aichi Prefectureʼs overall project for children and child care).

Potential causes of accidents
may be hidden in unexpected places!

Look around where your child is at this very moment.
The potential causes of accidents, sorted by age and situation, aredescribed below. Letʼs find out what kinds of accidents can happen
and their causes in the home or nearby.
Throughout infancy and early childhood, children need to beprotected from accidents by their parents and other family
members. As children grow up and begin to be aware of hazards, it
is important to train them repeatedly about safety.

Before age 1

Check 1Children before the age of one are prone to accidents in the living room!!
Electricshock

Suffocation

Burn

Suffocation
Suffocation

Accidental
ingestion

Drowning

InjuryWatch out for the risks ofaccidental ingestion andsuffocation. Objects smaller
than 39 mm in diametershould be kept out of reach ofchildren at least 1 m above
the floor (including medicines,cosmetics, detergent, coins,toys, accessories, beans,candies, tissue paper, vinyl
products, etc.).

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Dangers in the living room

Children often sufferburns in the kitchen!

The kitchen has many heat sourcesthat can cause burns.
Use a fence to prevent children
from easily entering the kitchen
and keep heated objects highenough out of the reach of children.

Dangers in the bathroom
Accidentalingestion

Burn Drowning Falling

Falling Injury

Dangers with stairs

BurnDangers while
walking on roads

Traffic Tripping
accident over Falling

Dangers in the parking lot
Tripping Heat Injury Traffic
accident
over stroke

Dangers with the verandah

Accidents in the kitchen

Traffic Tripping
accident over Injury

Dangers on roads

Accidental
ingestion

Suffocation

BurnFalling

Drowning is a serious risk!

If you have young children, donʼt leave
water in the bathtub after use and makesure children cannot easily enter thebathroom.
When children begin to crawl, they are atrisk of falling down the stairs.
Protect children by installing fences atboth ends of the stairs.

Dangers with toys

Accidental
ingestion

InjuryDrowning

Suffocation

Falling Drowning

Falling Injury

As the child gradually expands his/her territory, the risk of an accident
expands to outdoors. Inside the house, your child could fall from a window
or verandah, or drown in the bathtub. Donʼt leave water in the bathtub
after use. Donʼt allow your child go alone onto the verandah. Donʼt leaveanything on the verandah your child could step upon. Prevent your childfrom running around with chopsticks, fork or toothbrush in his/her mouth.

InjuryFrom the age of three, children
begin to spend more time playing
outside.
Children play with things andimitate adults. They may play withanything they find around them,
become absorbed in what they areplaying with, and ignore the danger.

Traffic Tripping
accident over Injury(The child may walk around.)Accidental
ingestion

http://www.caa.go.jp/m/index.php

Dangers with cars

Age approx. 1 to 3

Falling

Website of the Consumer Affairs Agency for mobile devices(The child gradually joins the community.)

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http://www.caa.go.jp/kodomo/mail/Age approx. 3 to 6!
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cause of potenage(Even a child of this age may turn over in bed or stand up by holding onto something.)

Website for “Email Messages from the Consumer Affairs Agency on Childrenʼs Safety”

Many children suffer an accident
in parking lots or while riding withadults.
Just as adults must wear aseatbelt, children must beseated on a child-seat. Get into
the habit.
In summer, many children are
injured in swimming pools or
while playing with fireworks orother objects. Make surechildren are attended by an adultwhile playing, and teach them toplay safely.

Dangers on roads

Falling

Many children are involved inaccidents when riding withadults and also when dashingout in front of a car on theroad. Teach traffic rules tochildren and tell them to ride
their bicycle where there areno cars.

InjuryAccidental
ingestion

Instruct children on how to
use play equipment safely,and tell them to follow thesafety rules. It is important forchildren to develop anawareness of risk whenplaying, and they should notwear any clothing with strings
or a hood, nor carry a bag witha shoulder strap.

Dangers with playequipment at a park
Pinching Tripping Falling
overBites

Main categories of fatal accident of(Aichi Prefecture, 2009‒2013)
children by age
Traffic accident

Age 10‒14

Tripping over or falling
Accidental drowningAge 5‒9

Accidental suffocation
Smoke, fire, orexposure to fire hazard
Accidental poisoning by orexposure to harmful substanceAge 1‒4

Other types of accident

Age 00%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90% 100%

Analyzing the categories of fatal accidents of children by age in Aichi
Prefecture, accidental suffocation is the main cause for infants aged zero,and accidental drowning for children aged 1-4 and 5-9. The proportion ofdeaths by traffic accident increases with age, due to changes in lifestyleas they grow up. With infants, it is important to take measures to protect
them from accidents at home.
Source: “Accidents and Life-Saving Techniques: Manual on Accident Prevention andLife-Saving Techniques for Infants” from the Mothersʼ and Childrenʼs Health andWelfare Association