Finland
Introduction
In spite of decreases over the last 20 years, injury remains the leading cause of child and adolescent death and disability in Finland.
Injury prevention work to address child and adolescent injury in Finland is led by the Ministry of Health and Finland is represented on the European Child Safety Alliance Steering Group by the National Public Health Institute.
The current priority areas for child and adolescent injury prevention and safety promotion in Finland include beginning development of a Child Safety Action Plan to be part of an overall child health plan, home safety and adolescent risk taking.
Country Contact
Jaana Markkula
National Institute for Health and Welfare
Injury Prevention Unit
Mannerheimintie 166
FI-00300 HELSINKI
FINLAND
Phone: +358 20 610 8802
Fax: +358 9 4744 8661
Email: jaana.markkula@thl.fi
Website: www.thl.fi/
Child Safety Action Planning
Below you will find a 2009 Child Safety Report Card and Profile for Findland, who was a participant country in phase II of the Child Safety Action Plan initiative, along with a link to their national child safety action plan.
- Child Safety Report Card for Finland 2009 (PDF 4.6mb)
- Country profile for Finland 2009 (PDF 1.05mb)
- Providing a Safe Environment for Our Children and Young People:
Finland's national action plan for injury prevention among children and youth (En) (PDF 402kb) - Turvallinen elämä lapsille ja nuorille:
Kansallinen lasten ja nuorten tapaturmien ehkäisyn ohjelma (Fi) (PDF 1.5mb)
Injury Data
The Injury Data section provides bar graphs comparing Finland's injury death rates with the injury death rates for the other countries in the WHO European Region. Bar graphs are provided in PDF format for easy download for all unintentional injury deaths and by external cause of unintentional injury topic using data from the WHO Mortality Database and the European Report on Child Injury Prevention. In addition, bar graphs for suicide and homicide are also provided, however these data are slightly older.