awareness of potential dangers to babies and toddlers in the home.
The project, Starting Out Safely, will offer families information on home safety and basic safety equipment, free and direct to the home. The materials are designed to be appropriate for different key stages in a child's first three years of life - just after birth and then at their first, second and third birthdays.
Launching the project, deputy health minister Frank McAveety said that it was a 'sad and worrying fact' that children living in less well-off homes were more at risk. 'This can be because of a range of factors but they can include poor housing, older domestic equipment and the inability to afford some basic safety equipment,' he said.
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