Playground Injuries: Prevention Strategies

 
Prevention Strategies

The CDC-funded National Program for Playground Safety recommends the following strategies to prevent playground injuries: 

• Improve adult supervision of children on playgrounds.
   
• Educate the public about age-appropriate playground equipment.
   
• Build playgrounds with surfaces—such as shredded rubber, wood chips, wood fiber, and sand—that reduce injuries related to falls (Mack et al. 2000).
   
• Improve maintenance of equipment and surfacing.

 
Reference

Mack MG, Sacks JJ, Thompson D. Testing the impact attenuation of loose fill playground surfaces. Injury Prevention 2000;6:141–4.

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