Playground Safety
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Fact Sheet, Revised 2024
Every year in Saskatchewan, children between the ages of one and nine years are hospitalized due to playground injuries. This fact sheet outlines the steps parents can take to protect their children. Includes a checklist for ensuring their local playgrounds are safe and well-maintained.
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Million Messages: Birth to 6 Months
Information Card, 2012
The Million Messages program is the development of a comprehensive plan to standardize messages given to parents about injury by public or community health nurses. Each of these messages is simple, consistent, routine, and targets an issue that affects children at specific stages in their growth and development. The messages are developed for visits during the prenatal, newborn, two months, four months, six months, twelve months, eighteen months, and preschool periods. This program was developed by Capital Health in Alberta.
SKU: 4-352
Farm Safety
Fact Sheet, 2010
Every year, children are injured on Saskatchewan farms. This information sheet was developed to assist families in making the farm a safe place for children and outlines ways to help prevent injuries.
SKU: 4-600
Home Safety Tips: 5 to 9 Years
Booklet, Revised 2023
All children depend on the adults around them to provide safe, healthy environments to learn, grow, and develop new skills. This booklet will support caregivers in preparing for each stage of child development, to better predict and prevent injuries to children from 5 to 9 years of age.
Safety tips are included for at home and in the community and address the following topics: falls, playgrounds, trampolines, choking, poisoning, bike and wheel safety, pedestrian safety, drowning, and car seats.
Also available: Home Safety Tips: Birth to 1 Year, and Home Safety Tips: 1 to 4 YearsSKU: 4-025
Protecting the Brain
Fact Sheet, Revised 2019
The brain enables us to do everything that we do – breathe, walk, plan for our futures, and makes us who we are as individuals. It is important to understand how the brain works so we can protect it as best as possible.
SKU: 4-005