Safekids Position Papers, Submissions, Reports & Research

Position papers and submissions enable discussion on emerging topics, and recommend solutions based on the use of evidence and data.

A solid base of information is at the foundation of the Safekids Action model. Research papers are extremely important to Safekids, helping us identify issues and create strong multidisciplinary solutions. This includes "what’s going on?" "who is doing what?" and "how to?" information.

Click the links below to download Safekids position papers, submissions and research.

Submissions

NEW! Safekids submission on the New Zealand Government Green Paper for Vulnerable Children. (February 2012, PDF)
Safekids New Zealand Submission Template to include driveway safety information within Your Council's Annual Plans and other Council documents. (June 2011, MS Word). For a Safekids Advocacy Guide that is related to this template, click here.
Safekids New Zealand recommendations to the Department of Labour’s Safe Use of ATVs on New Zealand Farms: Agricultural Guideline. (February 2010, PDF).
Safekids Submisson to the Local Government (Auckland Law) Reform Bill (2009). This Bill provides an opportunity to include child health and safety as a strategic priority in the overall functions of the Auckland Council and its subsidiary organisations. The intention is for changes to be included within the final Act that will empower the Auckland Council to more efficiently and effectively ensure sensible child safety measures are enacted and maintained across its departments and subsidiary organisations. Children, it is argued, are a special case for consideration.

Safekids Safer Journeys FULL Submission. With comments on school bus safety, child pedestrian and safer cycling. (2009)

Research Papers

Using products to Prevent Driveway Run Over Incidents: Some of the safety products available, by the NZ Automobile Asssociation (AA), (Pdf, May 2011).
Analysis of Unintentional Child Injury Data in New Zealand (Pdf, 7MB. October 2009, by Moses `Alatini). This report analyses unintentional child injury morbidity and mortality data over a five-year period (by geographic area, ethnicity and socioeconomic status). The goal is to provide relevant and timely child unintentional injury data that is easily accessible, and provide Safekids Coalition leaders and collaborative injury prevention networks with the necessary statistics to advocate for child injury prevention. For more information, email Moses.Alatini@adhb.govt.nz.
Safekids Campaign 2009/10 Motor Vehicle Child Passenger & Cutting/Piercing Injury Information Pack.Contains regional information for the Safekids Campaign 2009/10 themes(2009).

Position Papers

Reports

Advocacy Guides and Other Papers

Safekids New Zealand Advocacy Guide: Working with local government to prevent Driveway Run Over Injuries (PDF, June 2011)
Safekids Campaign Strategic Plan 2011, 2014 (PDF, October 2010)
Safekids Advocacy Information Guide (Pdf, May 2009)
Making children a priority: Making child injury prevention a priority; A guide to working with District Health Boards (Pdf, 2004, by Toni Dale)
Making children a priority: A guide to best practice for Local Government- and for those working with Local Government (Pdf, 2004, by Toni Dale)
Safe as houses? Recommendations for childsafe Housing New Zealand homes. (Pdf, 1996, by Allie Ancliffe and M.L. Kokotailo)
Safekids home safety discussion posters. (Pdf, 1996)

For more information on these items please email infocentre@safekids.org.nz.

This page was last updated 10 April 2012.