Child safety

Abstract

The child safety in general and the prevention of accidents in particular is the responsibility of all. It is important to develop a safety culture in order to minimize the risks to which children are exposed. This work intends, in one hand, to reflect on a current problem that leads to a high number of years of life lost, as well as to the reduction of the quality of life of many children and their relatives. On the other hand, we intend to make a reflexive analysis about the unintentional accidents being the cause of suffering, disabilities. The methodology adopted was of qualitative type, and we did a collection of documents providing data related to the problematic of children safety. A search focused on the theme was made, taking into account international organizations, which focus is the promotion of child safety. As results of this review and document analysis issues concerned with the promotion of positive parenting, culture of safety and supervisory models, factors of risk and vulnerability, unintentional injuries, safety in the internet and health surveillance were emphasized. We concluded that the safety of the children, as well as the strategies to be used must be in accordance with their stage of development. Both accidents and other threats to child safety, including violence, can and should be prevented in multiple ways.