What can we do to improve road safety for children and adolescents? 1.2 million die in road accidents each year. A child is killed in an accident every three minutes. Road safety is increasingly becoming a major killer and a worldwide concern‚ particularly for young people. What can we do to address the issue? Media Management The media has been a largely overlooked factor in creating road safety awareness. Celebrity endorsements‚ coupled with television messages on prime-time slots and peer
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Unit 4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1. Describe the factors to take in account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. Regarding EYFS the components of a safe environment include: Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare - All practitioners should have an up-to-date understanding of safeguarding children issues and be able to implement the safeguarding children policy and procedure appropriately. Staff should be able to respond
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CYBERBULLYING: A HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE ADOLESCENT‚ SCHOOL AND PARENT Abstract Cyberbullying is an ever-growing societal problem among middle and high school age adolescents. The use of digital media in their lives has created the unintended consequence of a new form of bullying known as cyberbullying. This type of bullying comes in many forms‚ which may include the use of the Internet‚ cell phone‚ some online video games or cameras on cell phones. Each form of cyberbullying
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Workplace Safety BUS642: Business Research & Method Tools Instructor: Janice Johnson April 16‚ 2012 In order for a workplace to be a productive and welcoming environment‚ safety must be a priority. The overall plan and execution of safety measures ensure that the staff or workers will be well-prepared and have peace of mind on a daily basis. The best way to handle any bad situation is to properly evaluate the steps and think about scenarios ahead of time. In order to improve safety in a work
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Health and Safety- Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care Task 1: A hazard is something that is considered to be dangerous and has the potential to harm an individual or others around them. A risk has two separate explanations‚ how likely it is for something dangerous to hurt an individual‚ and the severity of harm that it can inflict upon someone. Usually the severity and likelihood of a risk is dependent upon the age of the person as older people and younger people are the most vulnerable
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how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. Done by Mark & Majeda Chapter 2: Describe how health and safety is monitored and maintained in the setting. Done by Mark & Majeda Chapter 3: Describe how people in the setting are made aware of risk and hazards and encouraged to work safely. (PAT) Portable Appliance Testing Done by Mark & Majeda Chapter 4: Identify the lines of responsibility and reporting for health and safety in the setting
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Sexual Health Contraception - Pregnancy prevention contraception include: IUD‚ birth control pill‚ morning after pill‚ female and male condom and ‘pull out’ method. - The female and male condom are the only contraceptives that prevent the transmission of STI’s. STI: Sexually transmitted Infection‚ HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Rights and responsibilities in relationships - Right: A right is an entitlement that each individual in a relationship
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HOW TO DEVELOP ROAD SAFETY CULTURE Road safety is a major concern today as road accidents kill more than 1.2 million people and between 20 and 50 million suffer serious injuries worldwide every year. This situation is getting worse day by day. A report entitled "Global status report on road safety" predicts that road traffic injuries will rise to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030. Road safety means to safely drive on road to ensure that there is no harm or the driver of vehicle do
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Unit 208 Support children and young people’s health and safety Written Questions 1.1 Give examples of how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in your school The Health & Safety Act 1974 – Under this act individuals in any organisation are required to ensure that they report any hazards‚ follow the schools safety policy‚ make sure their actions do not harm themselves or others and use any safety equipment that is provided. There are posters
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and young people’s health and safety Task (links to Learning outcomes 1 and 3‚ assessment criteria 1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚ 1.4 and 3.1) Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting Name of legislation Brief description of what this legislation is about What are the procedures for this in your setting? HESAW 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 This is a legislations that provides health and safety to all employees in
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