Home Safety-The Challenge to Public Health

Authors

Ray Ranson, Senior Environmental Health Officer

Abstract

Home accidents are now a leading cause of death and injury particularly in young children and the elderly. For example, 3.1 million accidents occur in the home every year in the United Kingdom with no signs of diminishment. More effective systems of accident recording, monitoring, investigation, intercollaboration and education are urgently needed to redress this epidemic. More attention needs to be given to preventive safety design in architect training and adoption of home safety design standards and legislation. The major threat to public health which home accidents represent must not go unchallenged.

Recommended Citation

Ranson, Ray (1990) "Home Safety-The Challenge to Public Health," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 17: Iss. 1, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1929
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol17/iss1/6