The population will be extensively informed about the danger of accidents involving children and how to prevent situations of risk through the agency of 16 social video clips produced within the Regionalization of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Services in the Republic of Moldova Project (REPEMOL). To be seen by parents, the videos are broadcast on TV channels and will also be disseminated through the Internet and by communication activities carried out by the public institutions of Moldova, IPN reports.
The 16 films that are 30 seconds long present the most often situations in which children can be hurt and solutions for avoiding them. Twelve of them refer to home accidents such as scalding, burning, traumas, carbon monoxide and drug poisonings and choking, while the rest four are about road accidents and traffic education.
The educational films for adults were presented in a roundtable meeting that involved representatives of the Civil Protection and Emergencies Service, the National Public Health Center, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Council for Child Rights Protection, and the National Patrolling Inspectorate.
REPEMOL communication consultant Natalia Dinu said the films show exactly the actions that the grownups should take to exclude risks of child injuring at home, in the yard or on the street. “If, ideally, each parent bear in mind the three actions that each of the three films promotes, the statistics about accidents involving children, including those with tragic end, will decrease to zero,” she stated.
According to the project’s team, though the educational videos are intended for adults, their content is accessible to children too, these being conceived as animated cartoons. This will enable to use the videos in activities to teach children about their own security.
Press officer of the Civil Protection and Emergencies Service Liliana Puscasu said the films can be included in two campaigns that will be carried out by the Service at nursery schools this year. They could be also presented at the Service’s Security School, at summer camps for children and in public libraries.
The debate participants proposed also other ways by which the films can reach the parents – by instructing future mothers, by assemblies of parents at nurseries and schools and thorough the agency of family doctors, police inspectors and social workers.
One of the 16 films can be seen here.
During six years, the REPEMOL Project, in cooperation with the authorities, has warned the parents about the measures to prevent home accidents involving children younger than five within the campaign “A danger-free home for your child” and about how to prevent road accidents. Information about how to protect the child in different situations can also be found at www.parinti.md.
