Safety education is a structured educational process that develops learners’ knowledge, attitudes, and practical skills to identify hazards, reduce risks, and respond appropriately to unsafe situations in school, home, community, transport, and emergency contexts [1][2][3]. It includes planned instruction on risk recognition, preventive behaviors, safety rules, protective decision-making, and emergency actions (e.g., evacuation, first aid, and communication) [1][2]. Safety education is characterized by behavior-focused learning, contextual practice (such as drills/simulations), and reinforcement over time, rather than one-time information delivery. In policy and practice, the term refers to organized preventive education aimed at reducing injury and harm and improving individual and collective safety competence [2][3].
- safety education
- injury prevention
- risk reduction
- school safety
- emergency preparedness
References
- World Health Organization. World Report on Child Injury Prevention; WHO: Geneva, 2008. Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241563574.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence. MMWR Recomm. Rep. 2011, 60(RR-5), 1–57. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6005a1.htm.
- Victoria A. Johnson; Kevin R. Ronan; David M. Johnston; Robin Peace; Evaluations of disaster education programs for children: A methodological review. Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 2014, 9, 107-123, 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.04.001.