Home Safety Council, a Research!America member, has launched a new Web site, HomeSafetyCouncil.org, to promote home safety month. The council has released results of a national survey about home accidents. Research is an important part of determining safe procedures, what works and what doesn’t.
Parents and caregivers need to take greater action in order to reduce the nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits that result from home injuries on average each year. The Home Safety Council’s annual Hands on Home Safety campaign calls on families to take steps to prevent the leading causes of accidental home injury: falls, poisoning, fires/burns, drowning, and choking/suffocation. The new Web site offers simple and easy tips caregivers can follow to keep loved ones of all ages safe at home.