Preventing Injuries
Fact Sheet, 2010
Injuries are the leading cause of death for Saskatchewan children. This fact sheet defines the differences between injuries and “accidents,” outlines the causes of injuries, and identifies the different types of strategies that can be used to prevent injuries.
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Your Guide to Bicycle Safety Week
Guide and Manual, 2018
This guide will assist in planning for a bicycle safety event in your community. The guide provides information on organizing an event or rodeo including ideas on promotion, how to recruit volunteers, and instructions for thirteen different bicycle safety events. Also included: bicycle inspection form, report card, sign test, certificate of completion, colouring pages, activity booklet, and sample press releases.
SKU: 4-217 -
Walking School Bus: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Guide and Manual, 2010
A Walking School Bus (WSB) is a group of children (passengers) and adults (drivers and conductors) who walk to and from school along a designated, safe route. The “bus” picks up students and drops them off in the reverse order in the afternoon. This guide identifies the benefits, such as safety, environmental, and health of a WSB. It also goes through the process needed to set up a Walking School Bus.
SKU: 4-305 -
Home Safety Tips: 5-9 Years
Brochure, 2011
This brochure contains information on the common causes of injury for children between five and nine years of age. Injury prevention at home as well as within a community is discussed including: car seats, playgrounds, bikes and other wheels, pedestrian safety, falls, drowning, poisoning, and burns and scalds.
SKU: 4-025 -
Protect Your Baby’s Head Shape: Preventing Flat Spots on Your Baby’s Head
Brochure, 2017
This brochure provides parents and caregivers with information on positional plagiocephaly, or “flat head”. Information includes how to prevent flat spots and what to do if a flat spot is found on baby’s head.
SKU: 4-101