Journal article
The effect of safer play equipment on playground injury rates among school children
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Changes to Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards for playground equipment prompted the removal of hazardous equipment from 136 elementary schools in Toronto. We conducted a study to determine whether applying these new standards and replacing unsafe playground equipment with safe equipment reduced the number of school playground injuries.
METHODS: A total of 86 of the 136 schools with hazardous play equipment had the …
Authors
Howard AW; MacArthur C; Willan A; Rothman L; Moses-McKeag A; MacPherson AK
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 172, No. 11, pp. 1443–1446
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
May 24, 2005
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.1041096
ISSN
0820-3946