That's not a direct quote, but an article in yesterday's US News and World Report highlighted a two-year study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. The study concluded that when extensively trained researchers (like a trained baby-proofer) identified specific hazards in homes AND installed safety devices there was a 70% reduction in injuries from those hazards compared to the control group where no devices were installed!
Assessments and installations were done when babies were on average 6 months old and included such things as hardware-mounted stair gates, cabinet latches, anti-tip devices, smoke and CO detectors, electrical outlet protectors and window protections. The families were followed through the first two years and injuries requiring medical care or resulting in injury lasting more than one hour were documented. These passive safety devices, i.e. devices that are always in place was the only difference between the two groups.
The Moms in both groups were an average of 30 years old with a median income level of $70,000 and were primarily college graduates... hmmm sounds like many of our clients!
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