In the framework of the TACTICS project, coordinated by the European Child Safety Alliance, EPHA released and prepared a briefing entitled ‘Mandated responsibility for Intentional and Unintentional Child Injury Prevention in Europe’ considering both EU legislation and WHO action at European level. The briefing addresses (Road Safety, Water Safety, Home Safety and Intentional Injury), providing background information on European standards and projects undertaken at European level to enhance the health of children and adolescents.
Intentional and Unintentional Child Injury in a few figures :
Each year, more than 1,100 children under the age of 15 are killed on European roads and 100,000 are injured. (1)
- In 2004, drowning was the leading cause of death in children aged 1-4 resulting in over 5,000 deaths per year in the European Region (2)
- In 2004, burns killed 1700 young people aged 0-19 years
- More than 1500 young people aged 0-19 die from falls each year
- According to the WHO Mortality Database, a comparison of the most recent data up to 2004 from 90 countries, including the European Region, showed that suicide was the 4th leading cause of death among young males ages 15 to 19, and 3rd leading cause among females ages 15 to 19, accounting for 9.1% of all fatalities in this age group.(3) In 21 of the 30 European countries covered, youth suicide rates have been increasing. (4)
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General framework of unintentional injuries at EU/European level
Mandated responsibility for various topics at European/EU level;
Final Documents produced in the TACTICS project
In association with completing the final reports, the European Child Safety Alliance (ECSA) have updated the TACTICS web pages with the following documents:
- the final technical report for the National Case Studies
- the final technical report for the Reference Frameworks and regional pilots, including the Child Safety Frameworks as a stand-alone resource
- the final technical report for the Mapping Responsibility
- the final technical report on the feasibility of a Child Safety Framework, which showed it was not feasible at this time
- the final technical report on the School Travel and Child Safety Survey (STCSS) pilots
- the final technical report for the Child Safety Action Planning update
- the final public report on TACTICS
For more information please visit the European Child Safety Alliance website
This announcement arises from the project TACTICS which has received funding from the European Union in the framework of the health programme.
Download the EPHA-TACTICS briefing on mandated responsibility for Intentional and Unintentional Child Injury Prevention in Europe here
References
(1) http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/users/children/index_en.htm
(2) http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/83757/E92049.pdf
(3) Wasserman D. Cheng Q, Jiang. GX. Global suicide rates among young people aged 15 – 19. World Psychiatry 4: 2 – June 2005
(4) Mittendorfer R, Wasserman D. Trends in adolescent suicide mortality in the WHO European Region. European Child Adolescent Psychiatry 2004; 13:321 – 31
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