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IntroductionParents help children prepare for bright and challenging futures. But if we don't teach them how to avoid preventable injury and death, many won't realize their potential. According to the National SAFE KIDS Campaign®, each year unintentional injuries kill and disable more children than kidnapping, drugs and disease combined - making injury the #1 health risk facing children.What is Risk Watch?™Risk Watch is an injury-prevention program for children in preschool to eighth grade. It is the first comprehensive injury prevention curriculum for use in schools. (This abbreviated version is designed for home use by parents and their children. To learn how to get Risk Watch implemented in your child's school, call the Risk Watch Help Line: 617/984-7979.) Risk Watch was developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) with co-funding from Lowe's Home Safety Council in collaboration with a distinguished coalition of national experts, the private sector and safety advocates. It is designed to help families create safer homes by teaching skills and knowledge to make positive choices about their personal safety. Each of the following topics is covered:
A few bumps and bruises are an unavoidable by-product of a healthy childhood. But most serious injuries are not inevitable. Traffic injuries, drownings, fires, scaldings, chokings, poisonings and falls are not random "accidents" - they are preventable. With education, motivation and the support of caring adults, children can learn to be safer.
Our commitment to this goal is crucial. Every year in the United States, one-quarter of all children 14 and under
are hurt seriously enough to require medical attention. Every time a child is injured or killed by a preventable
accident, everyone suffers - the child, the family, classmates and friends, and the entire community. The time has
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