Child safety

The child safety in general and the prevention of accidents in particular is the responsibility of all. It is important to develop a safety culture in order to minimize the risks to which children are exposed. This work intends, in one hand, to reflect on a current problem that leads to a high numbe...

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Main Authors: Celeste Antão, Zélia Caçador Anastácio, Eugénia Anes
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y Discapacidad 2019-12-01
Series:INFAD
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Online Access:http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/1734
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spelling doaj-58db364fcf8e4889b130ace0b05114402020-11-25T02:58:39ZspaAsociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y DiscapacidadINFAD0214-98772603-59872019-12-0122152410.17060/ijodaep.2019.n2.v2.17341407Child safetyCeleste Antão0Zélia Caçador Anastácio1Eugénia Anes2Instituto Politécnico de Bragança UICISA: E da Escola Superior de Saúde do IPBCIEC, Instituto de Educação da Universidade do MinhoInstituto Politécnico de Bragança UICISA: E da Escola Superior de Saúde do IPBThe child safety in general and the prevention of accidents in particular is the responsibility of all. It is important to develop a safety culture in order to minimize the risks to which children are exposed. This work intends, in one hand, to reflect on a current problem that leads to a high number of years of life lost, as well as to the reduction of the quality of life of many children and their relatives. On the other hand, we intend to make a reflexive analysis about the unintentional accidents being the cause of suffering, disabilities. The methodology adopted was of qualitative type, and we did a collection of documents providing data related to the problematic of children safety. A search focused on the theme was made, taking into account international organizations, which focus is the promotion of child safety. As results of this review and document analysis issues concerned with the promotion of positive parenting, culture of safety and supervisory models, factors of risk and vulnerability, unintentional injuries, safety in the internet and health surveillance were emphasized. We concluded that the safety of the children, as well as the strategies to be used must be in accordance with their stage of development. Both accidents and other threats to child safety, including violence, can and should be prevented in multiple ways.http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/1734segurança infantilcriançaacidentes não intencionaisviolencia
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author Celeste Antão
Zélia Caçador Anastácio
Eugénia Anes
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Zélia Caçador Anastácio
Eugénia Anes
Child safety
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segurança infantil
criança
acidentes não intencionais
violencia
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Zélia Caçador Anastácio
Eugénia Anes
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title Child safety
title_short Child safety
title_full Child safety
title_fullStr Child safety
title_full_unstemmed Child safety
title_sort child safety
publisher Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y Discapacidad
series INFAD
issn 0214-9877
2603-5987
publishDate 2019-12-01
description The child safety in general and the prevention of accidents in particular is the responsibility of all. It is important to develop a safety culture in order to minimize the risks to which children are exposed. This work intends, in one hand, to reflect on a current problem that leads to a high number of years of life lost, as well as to the reduction of the quality of life of many children and their relatives. On the other hand, we intend to make a reflexive analysis about the unintentional accidents being the cause of suffering, disabilities. The methodology adopted was of qualitative type, and we did a collection of documents providing data related to the problematic of children safety. A search focused on the theme was made, taking into account international organizations, which focus is the promotion of child safety. As results of this review and document analysis issues concerned with the promotion of positive parenting, culture of safety and supervisory models, factors of risk and vulnerability, unintentional injuries, safety in the internet and health surveillance were emphasized. We concluded that the safety of the children, as well as the strategies to be used must be in accordance with their stage of development. Both accidents and other threats to child safety, including violence, can and should be prevented in multiple ways.
topic segurança infantil
criança
acidentes não intencionais
violencia
url http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/1734
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