Nanny Help: Resources on Child Safety
As a Nanny, you may be responsible for a newborn to an older child. Depending on the child's age, physical ability, and environment, as well as your experience and training with children, these all contribute to the safety of the child. Having an understanding of injury risks among children and prevention measures will help you keep the child as safe as possible. The following are childhood injury prevention resources and training services for nannies.
Common Childhood Injuries
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Children are at most risk of injury from:
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Injury Risk & Type of Injuries
Overall, boys are at a greater risk compared to girls. In general, infants are injured by suffocation and falls. Toddlers, while they become more mobile, are injured by drowning, falls, burns, and motor vehicle occupant injuries. Injuries among older children are from motor vehicle occupants, falls, poisonings, and sports-related injuries.
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Injuries are never an "accident" and do not occur by chance. With proper layers of protection and prevention efforts injuries are 100% preventable. As a nanny being aware of these risks and discussing prevention efforts with the parent, can help you keep the child you care for much safer. The following are quick tips on keeping a child safe. For a more detailed description on injury risk and prevention by specific childhood age, visit "Parenting".
Resources
Injury Prevention Training for Nannies
Pro Consumer Safety, a service of Public Health Behavior Solutions, provides evidence-based injury prevention training services for nannies. Specifically for nannies topics include one-on-one training on child passenger safety and home safety. Services are provided by Dr. J. DeCarli, who is an injury and neuroepidemiologist, a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES), and a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST).
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- Child Passenger Safety (car seat installation/education). We come to the home and assess the appropriateness of car seats, provide assessment, assist with finding the correct type of car seat for the child, and teach you how to install and test the car seat, including restraining the child properly.
- Home Safety (childproofing the home). Childproofing the home is where the service is primarily for the parents, however we can also teach the nanny about safety in the home and provide home safety assessment.
Questions or service, please call 323-491-6197
Dr. DeCarli is an experienced educator and speaker, a published author in scientific journals, and has presented at numerous professional conferences. Dr. DeCarli is also available to present at both the US Nanny Association and the International Nanny Association.