scholarly journals Men on Fathering in the Context of Children’s Unintentional Injury Prevention

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Brussoni ◽  
Genevieve Creighton ◽  
Lise L. Olsen ◽  
John L. Oliffe
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Unintentional Injury ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Child Safety ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Childhood Injury ◽  
Emotional Connection ◽  
Child Injury Prevention ◽  
Risk Protection

Injuries are a leading cause of death for children, and parental safety behaviors are fundamental to child injury prevention. Fathers’ perspectives are largely absent. Our novel research connects masculinities, fathering, and childhood injury. Sixteen fathers of children aged 2 to 7 years in two Canadian urban settings participated in photo-elicitation interviews detailing activities they enjoyed with their children and concerns regarding child safety. Participants described how elements of risk, protection, and emotional connection influenced their approach to fathering as it related to injury prevention. Most men considered engaging children in risk as key to facilitating development and described strategies for protecting their children while engaging in risk. Many men identified how the presence of an emotional connection to their children allowed them to gauge optimal levels of risk and protection. There exists a tremendous opportunity to work with fathers to assist in their efforts to keep their children safe.

Ethical considerations for the design and implementation of child injury prevention interventions: the example of delivering and installing safety equipment into the home

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-221
Author(s):  
Beatrice Scholtes ◽  
Peter Schröder-Bäck
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Public Health Ethics ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Child Safety ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Respect For Autonomy ◽  
Health Ethics ◽  
Child Injury Prevention ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionPublic health ethics is a growing field of academic interest but ethical discussion of injury prevention seems to have received limited attention. Interventions that promise to be effective are not necessarily—without explicit justification—‘good’ and ‘right’ interventions in every sense. This paper explores public health ethics in the context of child injury prevention with the objective to initiate interdisciplinary dialogue on the ethics of child safety interventions.MethodA framework of seven public health ethics principles (non-maleficence, health maximisation, beneficence, respect for autonomy, justice, efficiency and proportionality) were applied to an intervention to promote child safety in the home.ResultsPreventing child injury in the home is ethically challenging due to the requirement for the state to intervene in the private sphere. Non-maleficence and beneficence are difficult to judge within this intervention as these are likely to be highly dependent on the nature of intervention delivery, in particular, the quality of communication. Respect for autonomy is challenged by an intervention occurring in the home. The socioeconomic gradient in child injury risk is an important factor but a nuanced approach could help to avoid exacerbating inequalities or stigmatisation. Equally, a nuanced approach may be necessary to accommodate the principles of proportionality and efficiency within the local context.ConclusionWe conclude that this intervention is justifiable from an ethical perspective but that this type of reflection loop is helpful to identify the impact of interventions beyond effectiveness.

scholarly journals Child Safety Reference Frameworks: a Policy Tool for Child Injury Prevention at the Sub-national Level

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-128
Author(s):  
Beatrice Scholtes ◽  
Peter Schröder-Bäck ◽  
Morag Mackay ◽  
Joanne Vincenten ◽  
Helmut Brand
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
National Level ◽  
Child Safety ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Child Injury Prevention

scholarly journals The role of civil society in child safety in Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Scholtes ◽  
P Schröder-Bäck ◽  
H Brand
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Child Safety ◽  
Home Safety ◽  
Intentional Injury ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Child Injury Prevention

Abstract Introduction The complexity of injury and the multi-sectoral nature of its prevention demands a whole-of-society approach. Engaging with civil society in a form of collaborative governance is central to this approach. Civil society, defined as neither state, nor market, nor family, includes organisations such as advocacy groups, charities, professional associations etc. This study looks at the role of civil society organisations in the implementation of child injury prevention interventions in Europe. Methods The method was built upon an existing approach, known as ’organigraphs’. Mintzberg and van der Heyden developed the approach to depict how organisations actually work. We further developed its practical application to explore how interventions in child safety are developed, implemented and monitored across the local, regional, national and EU levels. Professionals working in child safety in 25 European countries were asked to draw organigraphs for an intervention in one of four child injury domains: road, water, home safety or intentional injury prevention. The analysis focused on the action surrounding civil society actors, represented by the connectors leading to and from those actors. Results We received 44 organigraphs in total from 31 participants in 24 countries; nine for intentional injury prevention, nine for water safety, 12 for road safety and 14 for home safety. Civil society actors were present in the majority of Organigraphs and they played multiple and diverse roles including: ’advising’, ’funding’ and ’implementing’ child safety initiatives. Conclusions The role of civil society, described in this data set, appears to be relatively well-developed. Strong, functional and long-standing partnerships between civil society actors across policy sectors and government may lead to greater capacity to address the complexity of child injury. Key messages Effective child injury prevention requires multi-sectoral action to address its complexity. Stakeholders come from the public and private sector and from civil society. Greater engagement with civil society may represent an opportunity for countries and regions to improve their response to the challenges of injury prevention among children.

scholarly journals Intervensi Dalam Pencegahan Cedera yang Tidak Disengaja pada Balita

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Iin Suryatmana ◽  
Agus Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Unintentional Injury ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Online Database ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Unintentional Injuries ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Positive Results

Unintentional injury in children is a global problem that often occurs in all countries in the world. Various prevention efforts need to be done by all relevant stakeholders to reduce the number of unintentional injuries in children. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of interventions on the prevention of unintentional injuries on children under 5 years (toddlers). A literature study with descriptive analysis was used in this study. Articles were obtained through an online database search on the ScienceDirect, Wiley, Sage, ProQuest, Google scholar databases published from 2015 to 2020. This study identified 48 articles and 9 articles met the inclusion criteria. The results of the study identified that in general all articles (n = 7) showed a positive effect on injury prevention in children, 1 article did not clearly illustrate its effect on prevention of child injury, 1 article had no effect on prevention of child injury. Future studies need to consider various risk factors that influence the effectiveness of an intervention in order to get positive results. Keywords: injury prevention; toddlers; unintentional child injury ABSTRAK Cedera yang tidak disengaja pada anak merupakan masalah global yang bayak terjadi di seluruh negara di dunia. Berbagai upaya pencegahan perlu dilakukan oleh semua stakeholder terkait untuk menekan angka kejadian cedera yang tidak disengaja pada anak. Tujuan studi ini adalah megidentifikasi pengaruh intervensi terhadap pencegahan cedera yang tidak disengaja pada anak di bawah 5 tahun (balita). Metode studi literatur dengan analisis deskriptif digunakan dalam studi ini. Artikel diperoleh melalui penelusuran online database ScienceDirect, Wiley, Sage, ProQuest, Google scholar yang terbit dari 2015 hingga 2020. Studi ini mengidentifikasi 48 artikel serta 9 artikel memenuhi kriteria inklusi. Hasil studi mengidentfikasi bahwa secara umum semua artikel (n=7) menunjukkan dampak positif terhadap pencegahan cedera pada anak, 1 artikel tidak tergambar jelas pengaruhnya terhadap pencegahan cedera anak, 1 artikel tidak berpengaruh terhadap pencegahan cedera anak. Penelitian selanjutnya perlu mempertimbangakan berbagai faktor risiko yang mempengaruhi efektifitas suatu intervensi agar mendapatkan hasil yang positif. Kata kunci: balita; cedera yang tidak disengaja pada anak; pencegahan cedera

scholarly journals Exploring Single, Stay-at-Home, and Gay Fathers’ Perspectives of Masculinity and the Influence These Have on Their Understandings of Their 4- to 12-Year-Old Children’s Outdoor Risky Play

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-125
Author(s):  
Michelle E. E. Bauer ◽  
Audrey R. Giles
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Gay Fathers ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Child Injury Prevention ◽  
Risky Play ◽  
At Home

Fathers’ perspectives on masculinity can influence their perspectives on their children’s outdoor risky play. This study makes a novel contribution to bridging a gap in knowledge that exists between the fields of sexuality, family dynamics, and child injury prevention by exploring single, stay-at-home, and gay fathers’ perspectives on masculinity and the influence that these have on their perspectives of their 4- to 12-year-old children’s outdoor risky play practices. Through the use of semistructured interviews and critical discourse analysis, three discourses were identified: Masculinity and fatherhood are being redefined, fathers play an important role in their children’s experiences of outdoor risky play, and fathers should enforce limits during their children’s outdoor risky play.

The need for Inuit parents’ perspectives on outdoor risky play

Polar Record ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-240
Author(s):  
Michelle E.E. Bauer ◽  
Audrey R. Giles
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Outdoor Play ◽  
Prevention Research ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Safety Strategies ◽  
Child Injury Prevention ◽  
Risky Play

AbstractParents’ perspectives on their children’s outdoor risky play behaviours influence their children’s adoption of safety strategies and their children’s approach to risky and dangerous situations (Brussoni & Olsen, 2011). Over the past decade, researchers have explored many Canadian mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives on this topic; however, to date, there has been a lack of research on Indigenous parents’ perspectives, particularly those of Inuit parents. This lack of research means that Inuit families are unaccounted for in research used to create and promote safety policies and practices in Canada. The present research commentary is the first to address the urgent need for research on northern Canadian Inuit parents’ perspectives on outdoor risky play. Specifically, outdoor risky play is defined, and Inuit children’s outdoor play experiences are compared to non-Inuit children’s experiences. Further, Inuit children’s experiences of injury are discussed to further situate the dire need to work with the most vulnerable population in Canada – Inuit – in child injury prevention research.

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