Here you will find room-by-room tips for making homes and the outdoors safer for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. You can also choose from a selection of more than 100 health and safety products.

Every time you buy from the Healthy Home Centre, you help fund the many free resources and services provided by Safe Start, the injury prevention program of B.C.'s Children's Hospital. Here are a few highlights of the Safe Start program:

The Safe Start House: a 'house on wheels' teaching families across B.C. how to prevent household injuries.
Safe Ride: a free child safety seat inspection and advisory service to help keep children safe on the road.
Child Safety Updates: 14 different home safety topics for caregivers of infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Available at your local health unit or at Safe Kids Canada.
Hot Water Burns Like Fire: a campaign to lower household water temperature in homes with young children.
Display Loan Progam: colourful displays for non-profit programs to help promote safety at special events, health fairs and conferences.

For more information about
Safe Start
, call toll free at
1-888-331-8100 and press
'3' on your touch tone phone.
In Vancouver call
(604) 875-3273.

Safe Start is proudly sponsored by:

 

 
     


80% of injuries to babies and toddlers happen at home.


Each year in B.C., more than 10,000 children are hospitalized and 200 are killed by preventable injuries. These include falls, poisoning, burns, choking, suffocation, drowning and car crashes.

 
 

 

 

     
 

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