Child Injury Prevention Photosphere EU Safety Conference Oct19

Deave, Toity; Whale, Katie; Emond, Alan; Hicks, Ben

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:
Burn and scald injuries in children are common in the UK; 50,000 children under 14 years old attend emergency departments (EDs) annually. Approximately 70% of these children are under three years old, injuries are likely to occur in the home and these children are also more likely to re-attend with a further injury. Health visitors (HVs)(public health nurses) have no guideline or tool for contacts with families post-injury. Following discussion with health visitors and different parent groups,we developed an intervention to support and standardise practice with consequent improvements in family-centred care.

METHODS
We undertook focus groups with community-based healthcare and child care staff and with a variety of different parent groups to develop an injury prevention photosphere and then to test the acceptability and usability of it. The modified photosphere environment enables a hi-resolution, three-dimensional, photorealistic view of rooms to be constructed from a scene scan using a standard mobile phone camera.

RESULTS
We have developed a virtual ‘unsafe’ kitchen, ‘unsafe’ bathroom and living room with hazards labelled invisibly. These can be identified by the user by hovering the cursor over the hazard or clicking it. This ‘identifies’ the hazard and leads to positive prevention messages, incidence/epidemiological data and links to resources for further information. A quiz is included and a poster is generated that can be downloaded.

Health visitors and other professionals who work with families with children have an interactive, easy-to-understand, evidence-based, appealing tool to use with parents. If introduced to families it can help parents identify potential hazards for themselves and continuously improve their environment. It can provide opportunities for peer-to-peer support and shared learning. There are presently no solutions similar to this to meet these needs.

CONCLUSION
This photosphere is underpinned by by an evidence-base and will help to prevent injuries that have lifelong physical and psychological problems and is expensive for both the NHS (UK healthcare system) and families. It provides a visual interface, using photorealistic images that are largely independent of language. It is an easily distributable and reusable solution that uses generic, low-cost web/mobile technologies and can be applied to any environment e.g. home, school. Adaptations can be made to different age groups or settings e.g., young people, elderly or assisted living support. Once designed and implemented, maintenance is low-cost and simple. It provides opportunities for peer-to-peer support and shared learning (groups/learning cohorts).

Key words (alphabetical order): burn and fire prevention, child and adolescent safety, home safety, intervention design, technology – solutions and applications for safety.

Citation

Deave, T., Whale, K., Emond, A., & Hicks, B. (2019, October). Child Injury Prevention Photosphere EU Safety Conference Oct19. Presented at EU Safety 2019, Luxemburg

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: EU Safety 2019
• Conference Location: Luxemburg
• Start Date: Oct 3, 2019
• End Date: Oct 4, 2019
• Deposit Date: May 13, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: May 15, 2020
• Keywords: (alphabetical order): burn and fire prevention, child and adolescent safety, home safety, intervention design, technology – solutions and applications for safety.
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/3274880