Health visitor prevention of child home accidents. Vol.2 No. 5. General Practioner advice , coupled with access to low cost equipment for low income families, increases the use of safety equipment and safe practices in the home. A randomised controlled trial of advice from G. P.'s on child safety, supplemented with low cost equipment for poorer families resulted in significant improvements in the use of safety equipment and safe practices with numbers needed to treat ranging from 2 to 16 i . Clamp M, Kendrick D. A randomised controlled trial of general practitioner safety advice for families with children under 5 years.
Young children are at high risk of drowning in the bath.
Health promotion in childhood and young adolescence for the prevention of unintentional injuries. Health Promotion Effectiveness Review - Summary Bulletin 2. Health Education Authority, 1996. Rubber or bark surfacing is associated with a low rate of childhood injury and should be used in public playgrounds. Reducing the height of monkey bars would also reduce injury i .