On Tuesday the 18th of May 2021, Kidsafe WA held the inaugural Child Injury Prevention Symposium at the University Club of UWA. Over 60 people attended the event to hear presentations on The changes, challenges, and accomplishments in child injury prevention over the past 40 years. As a collective group, Western Australia has achieved significant gains […]
Despite high levels of child car restraint use in Australia and one of the most stringent child car restraint design standards in the world, approximately 40-70 children are killed on Australian roads each year, while thousands more are injured. Anecdotal evidence suggests that over 70% of child car restraints are incorrectly fitted or used. This […]
Each year, around 500 children in Western Australia present to the Perth Children’s hospital with a burn or scald injury with one-third requiring admission. More than half of the children who were admitted to the hospital were under the age of five years old. Throughout June, Kidsafe raises the awareness of burns prevention and the […]
The Changes, Challenges and Accomplishments in Child Injury Prevention over the last 40 Years Injury is a major cause of preventable deaths and disabilities that affect Australians of all ages. Over 27 West Australian children die each year from preventable injuries, while a further 7,000 are hospitalised. Over the past 40 years, Western Australia has […]
Each year an average of 4,000 children attend the Perth Children’s Hospital Emergency Department due to a sports-related injury, accounting for almost a quarter of all injury presentations. Sport and physical activity are a vital part of childhood development, allowing children to improve physical, cognitive and social skills with others. Injury risks however, are often […]
Injury Prevention Summit 2021 REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN Date: Thursday 25th March 2021 Venue: Duxton Hotel, Perth. Time:9am-4.30pm Ticket: $60 per person VIEW THE PROGRAM HERE The Injury Prevention Summit 2021 will bring together injury prevention and safety promotion practitioners and policymakers and Local Governments from across Western Australia to build injury prevention and safety promotion […]
Kidsafe WA’s ongoing partnership with ATCO has helped to spread home safety messages to communities across Western Australia. At the Kidsafe WA centre in West Leederville, the partnership has helped to maintain the Safety Demonstration House, used to highlight potential points of child injury around the home. ATCO has provided important gas safety messages throughout […]
The summer holidays can often be a busy time for families packed with cooking, eating, gift-buying and travelling. While it’s a great time of year for kids, it can be easy for parents to get distracted and be less-attentive than usual. With lapses in supervision and changes in routine for children and adults, there can […]
In term 3, primary school students across Western Australia were invited to participate in the 2020 Get Creative About Safety Competition run by Kidsafe WA and ATCO. Students entering the competition were able to have fun being creative while also learning about important safety messages. Students in years 1 to 3 were able to enter […]
Kidsafe WA acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, work and play. While our office is located on Whadjuk Noongar Country, we extend our respects to First Nations Elders and their people across Western Australia where our vision, purpose and values extend.
