Child accident prevention
Making every contact count (MECC)
Making every contact count (MECC) is an NHS designed approach to behaviour change. It uses the millions of day to day interactions that organisations and people have with other people to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
We know that some of the common problems people may experience can lead to poor health and wellbeing if not tackled early enough. These problems include:
- debt
- unemployment
- relationship
- safety issues
Child accident prevention (CAP) MECC
Child accident prevention (CAP) was introduced to help reduce the total number of accidents in children aged 0 to 5 which result in hospital admissions. In 2016/17, Warwickshire had the fourth highest rate of hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries in ages 0 to 4 across the whole West Midlands region (152.8 per 10,000).
In infants aged under one, over 50% of all attendances were for head injuries across the three-year period.
Other common injuries in this age group were:
- soft tissue inflammation
- burns
- scalds
A course overview
CAP is a fully funded three hour course. At the end of the training, by working through all the course objectives, attendees will be better equipped to:
- understand an individual's potential needs
- recognise the causes of accidents and the wider pressures that people face
- spot the signs and triggers for a MECC conversation
- start a MECC conversation
- discuss issues with greater confidence and learned techniques
- signpost and refer to more help and information
All attendees who complete the course will be able to access ongoing support, advice and up to date information from Citizens Advice and us.
Please contact erinyork@warwickshire.gov.uk or lynnbassett@warwickshire.gov.uk if you are interested in attending this course, or want to learn more about organising training dates for your staff.
Resources
General resources
- Health Education England
- NHS England - making every contact count
- Public Health England - All Our Health
- Five ways to wellbeing in Warwickshire
- Public Health England - preventing unintentional injuries
- NSPCC learning
- Health and wellbeing
- Citizens Advice:
- National Advice Line: 0800 1448848
- South Warwickshire
- North Warwickshire
- Bedworth, Nuneaton and Rugby
- Family Information Service:
- Telephone: 01926 742274
- Freephone: 0800 408 1558
- Email: fis@warwickshire.gov.uk
- Local authority designated officer (LADO):
- Telephone: 01926 743433
- Email: lado@warwickshire.gov.uk
New parent support
Child accident prevention support
- Child Accident Prevention Trust
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- Skillbase first aid guide
- Carbon monoxide (CO) alarms/appliances serviced annually
- E-cigarette safety
- Button batteries
- NSPCC (core information - bruises on children)
- High chair safety
- Window locks
- Burns and scalds
- Children's Burns Trust
- Sleep support - The Lullaby Trust
- Choking
- Blind safety standard
- Drowning: RNLI, safety in the sea
- Safe car seats
- Road crossing safety
- Appliance safety
- Family fire escape plan
- National Fire Chief's Council
- Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service:
- Keeping you and your children safe
- Buttle UK: chances for children grants
Mental health support
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Help for new and expectant parents
- WCAVA mental health directory of services
Finance and housing support