Expanding the precautionary principle

Pless, Ivan Barry

doi:10.1136/ip.9.1.1

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“…The precautionary principle states that ''when there is suspected harm and the scientific evidence is inconclusive, the prescribed course of action is precautionary action.'' 99 An example of where this principle could be used is youth ice hockey. There is mounting nonexperimental evidence that body checking at the Pee Wee level is harmful, 58-61 so we ask, why should minor hockey expose children to this risk?…”

Section: Who Should Be Responsible For the Prevention Of Injury In Yomentioning

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Injury Prevention in Child and Adolescent Sport: Whose Responsibility Is It?

Emery¹,

Hagel²,

Morrongiello³

2006

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

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Section: Who Should Be Responsible For the Prevention Of Injury In Yomentioning

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Injury Prevention in Child and Adolescent Sport: Whose Responsibility Is It?

Emery¹,

Hagel²,

Morrongiello³

2006

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

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“…To reduce the number of injuries sustained in minor hockey, the age at which bodychecking is introduced should be raised. Based on the existing evidence, and the precautionary principle, 15 this move would protect children from serious and potentially permanent injury. …”

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Effect of bodychecking on injury rates among minor ice hockey players

Hagel

Marko²,

Dryden³

et al. 2006

Canadian Medical Association Journal

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“…36,37 This reflects the 'precautionary principle' which "shifts the burden of proof … to requiring proof of absence of negative consequences in order to allow an action". [38][39][40] If this were to come aboutand the findings of this study indicate that it may be the only alternative to currently unsuccessful strategies -Canadians of all ages would be better protected against numerous and often serious product-related injuries.…”

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Preventing Product-related Injuries

Pless

Hagel

Patel

et al. 2007

Can J Public Health

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Background: The Product Safety Programme (PSP) of Health Canada is responsible for preventing product-related injuries. If PSP decides a product is dangerous, it can publicize its dangers, prohibit, or control its distribution; but for child products, the preferred option is to publicize its concerns. In the past, this included sending posters to paediatricians' offices and, more recently, placing alerts on the PSP website. This study examines the effectiveness of this process. Methods: 15 Montreal paediatricians participated in a modified crossover randomized trial. During a randomly chosen intervention week, two product-related notices were posted in the paediatricians' waiting area. In the following or preceding week, these notices did not appear. Parents were interviewed by telephone to determine if they saw the posters and acted on the information received. Results: We interviewed 808 parents (86%) of the 940 who agreed to participate. Of these, only 16% of the intervention and less than 1% of the control group reported seeing the posters. There were no differences in reported changes in behaviours related to the notices. These findings are unchanged after taking account of socioeconomic status. No parents cited the posters, websites, or paediatricians as their main source of information about dangerous products. Conclusion: Product safety notices, whether sent to paediatricians' practices or posted on a website, cannot be relied upon to reach parents of preschool age children. Other approaches require consideration, such as increasing the power of PSP to regulate product safety. Mesh terms: Health promotion; public health; safety management; promotion of health; knowledge/attitudes/practices La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.

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Expanding the precautionary principle

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

Injury Prevention in Child and Adolescent Sport: Whose Responsibility Is It?

Injury Prevention in Child and Adolescent Sport: Whose Responsibility Is It?

Effect of bodychecking on injury rates among minor ice hockey players

Preventing Product-related Injuries

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