Child and Adolescent Safety Statistics

Prior to completing this discussion, please read Chapter Three in the textbook and review any relevant Instructor Guidance.

• • For this post, you will first analyze interaction of the major themes as factors influencing the domain of physical development, specifically safety:

• • • Health and Well-Being

• • • Family and Parenting

• • • Education

• • Culture and Gender

• Comment on how child and adolescent safety regulations have changed over the past few decades.

• Provide examples of new safety guidelines that did not exist either when you were growing up, or when your parents were growing up.

• Then, look through the recommended resources for Week Three and/or other scholarly articles from the Ashford University Library website and find and report on three statistics specifically related to child and adolescent safety from this current decade (2010-2013) within each of the three stages of infancy/toddlerhood, childhood, and adolescence. In other words, you will have one unique statistic for each of the three stages.

• Throughout your post, demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the children’s developmental continuum, from conception, by addressing unique safety standards. See the example below:

Example:
One statistic found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website states that, “Child safety seats reduce the risk of death in passenger cars by 71% for infants, and by 54% for toddlers ages one to four years.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013).

Reference:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Injury prevention and control: Motor vehicle safety. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/MotorVehicleSafety/Child_Passenger_Safety/CPS-Factsheet.html.