ABSTRACT
This initiative examined the effectiveness of a home visit intervention program consisting of local senior women providing an evidence-based child safety intervention in a low-income Israeli Arab community. Injury is the leading cause of death in children and young adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12,000 children and young adults, aged 1 to 19 years, die from unintentional injuries in the United States each year. Researchers and policymakers have extensively examined interventions to decrease avoidable childhood accidents at home and concluded that they generally have had an impact.
Low-income and/or ethnic minority children are the groups most at risk for home childhood accidents. Focusing on the Israeli context, Israeli Arab children are at higher risk for unintentional injuries compared with their Jewish counterparts. The HATD-funded intervention featured here was carried out to address these gaps. It took place in Tur’an, a local council in the Northern District of Israel in which Israeli Arab citizens predominate. We examined the effectiveness of a home visits initiative.
In this initiative, the intervention was undertaken by grandmothers of the community, was successful and has received both national and international awards.
