Safe Kids Canada and Sponsor Johnson & Johnson Join Forces to Promote Public Awareness of Safe Kids Week

Safe Kids Canada and Sponsor Johnson & Johnson Join Forces to Promote Public Awareness of Safe Kids Week - June 2 to 8, 2003

Safe Kids Canada is the national injury prevention program of The Hospital for Sick Children. Each year, Safe Kids Canada and sponsor Johnson & Johnson join forces to run a major national public awareness and education campaign called Safe Kids Week. This year's campaign will take place June 2 - 8, 2003.

During Safe Kids Week, hundreds of community organizations from across Canada join with Safe Kids Canada to focus public attention on preventing injuries to children. The campaign raises awareness about a specific type of injury and educates the public about prevention.

Canadian homes are full of products designed to help parents and caregivers raise kids, from cribs to car seats. Parents quite naturally assume these products to be safe. But some aren't, either because the product is dangerous or because parents do not use the product correctly. For example, baby walkers with wheels lead to hundreds of injuries in Canada every year, many of them serious falls down stairs.

Older cribs, baby gates and playpens that don't meet current standards have design problems that can lead to injuries in young children, and even death.

This year's campaign is called "From Cribs to Car Seats, are your Kids Safe? Check it out!".

Safe Kids Week will educate parents about product dangers, encourage them to throw out unsafe products and provide information on using products correctly. Many children's products are borrowed from friends and family or purchased at second-hand stores or garage sales, so the campaign will also include information on second hand products.

For more information go to www.safekidscanada.ca

Information provided by Safe Kids Canada.

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