Research and Reports

Child Safety Link is proud to provide evidence-based advice and information to Maritime parents and caregivers. The fact that our advice is evidence-based means that we rely on recent research to inform our thinking. On this page you’ll find some of the documents that are the foundation of our advice, and some reports based on the latest science.

Advocacy

CSL created a framework to define advocacy in relation to child and youth injury prevention and to provide guidance to its application within our mandate and work plan.

Atlantic Canada injury reports

• The Atlantic Cost of Injury Report 2022 [Go to Atlantic Tab]
  • For provincial infographics and webinar presentation on the Atlantic Cost of Injury report, click here
• Preventing Serious Injuries in Children and Youth in Atlantic Canada: A Guide for Decision Makers
  • Infographic: Unintentional Injuries and Children: A Critical Issue (CSL 2019)
• Prévenir les blessures graves chez les enfants et les adolescents du Canada atlantique – Un guide pour les décideurs
• Atlantic Canada: Child & Youth Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations – 10 Years in Review (2004-2013)
  • Report Infographic (English)
• 2004-2013 Report and Infographics
• 1996-2005 Report

Social Policy reports

• Being an Influencer for Social Policy – Dec 2020
  • Infographic: Social Policy and Injury Prevention: How You Can Influence Change
• Être un influenceur pour les politiques sociales -Dec 2020
  • Infographic: La politique sociale et la prévention des blessures: Comment vous pouvez influencer le changement
• Risky Play Primer (2017)

Engagement reports

• Barriers to addressing child and youth injury prevention in Nova Scotia: Engagement project report - Feb 2021
• Newcomers Needs Assessment on Children and Youth Injury Prevention

Safety on the Road reports

• Child Safety Link Backgrounder: In Focus: Safe Transportation of Children with Special Health Care Needs (December 2020)
  • Handout with References: Safe Transportation of Children with Special Health Care Needs (December 2020)
• Child Safety Link Backgrounder: Child Passenger Safety in Taxis in Nova Scotia: Report and Recommendations (April 2019)
  • Handout with References: Child Passenger Safety in Taxis in Nova Scotia: Report and Recommendations (April 2019) 
• Infographic: Kids in Cars in Atlantic Canada – What You Need to Know
  * Sources cited document available here: references
• Highlights from the Nova Scotia Child Passenger Safety Strategy from 2005-2015
• Child Passenger Safety Primer (overview of the issue) 
• Child Passenger Safety Symposium 2016 report
• Preventing Serious Injuries in Children and Youth in Atlantic Canada: A Guide for Decision Makers