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Safe Kids Resources
Injury Prevention Tips, Fact Sheets and Data
Safe Kids USA Safety Tips for Parents
Get information on the following topics
- Bike, Rollerblade and Skateboard Safety
- Burn and Scald Safety
- Car Seats, Boosters, Seat Belts
- Children at High-Risk
- Choking and Suffocation Safety
- Drowning and Water Safety
- Falls Prevention and Safety
- Fire Safety
- Gun Safety
- Helmet - Head Injury Safety
- Home Safety
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- In and Around Vehicles Safety
- Motor Vehicle Safety
- Pedestrian Safety
- Playground Safety
- Poison Safety
- Rural Safety
- School Safety
- Sports and Recreation Safety
- Toy Safety
- Trends in Childhood Injury and Deaths
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Safety Checklists and Tips
Laws and Consumer Safety / Recalls
Web Links
- Safe Kids Worldwide: Safe Kids Worldwide is the first and only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury —the number one killer of children ages 14 and under.
Child Safety Seats
- Child Safety Seat Resource Center: provides information and technical assistance to the public, including child car seat training and check-up clinics, information on laws and recalls, a shopping guide, posters and brochures. Call 503-643-5620 in Portland, or 1-800-722-1315.
- ACTS Oregon: The Alliance for Community Traffic Safety in Oregon (ACTS Oregon) is a private 501(c)3 non-profit membership organization committed to child passenger safety, community traffic safety, and the promotion of networking and education at the annual Oregon Transportation Safety Conference. For more information, visit their website at www.childsafetyseat.org or call 1-800-772-1315, (503-643-5620 in the Portland area).
- Child Passenger Safety Technicians can recertify through ACTS Oregon. Call 1-800-772-1315, (503-643-5620 in the Portland area) for information or visit the ACTS Oregon web site.
- Legacy Health System: offers car safety seat clinics.
Crib Safety
- As of July 6, 2001, it is illegal in Oregon for anyone to sell a crib at a garage sale, estate sale, or secondhand store that does not meet the safety standards established in HB 3962. For Oregon Infant Crib Statute, see ORS 646A.500.
Other Links
Updated July 11, 2008
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