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Child accident prevention through healthy alliances

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This chapter will examine the use of healthy alliances in designing and implementing a programme of work on child accident prevention in the County of Avon. This examination is based on a two-year Child Accident Prevention through Healthy Alliances project. In July 1993 the Health Education Authority (HEA) selected Avon and Shropshire to pilot a two-year study that would investigate and assess the progress made by two interagency groupings, or healthy alliances, in designing a programme of work on child accident prevention. Funding of £100,000 was awarded to each alliance over a two-year period to resource activities. An independent research team was commissioned to evaluate the development of alliance-working and the accident prevention work undertaken. The Child Accident Prevention Trust, in association with MEL Research Ltd and the Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, undertook the research.

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  1. Maggie Sims
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  1. School of Health, Bath Spa University College, UK

    Angela Scriven (Head) (Head)

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Sims, M. (1998). Child accident prevention through healthy alliances. In: Scriven, A. (eds) Alliances in Health Promotion. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14297-2_14

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