Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for children
This study aimed to identify and evaluate the degree of conformity to the playground standards and the level of compliance with current safety specifications of the playgrounds in the midwestern region of Turkey. An observational technique was used at a total of 57 public playgrounds. A playg...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2008-12-01
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This study aimed to identify and evaluate the degree of conformity to the playground standards and the level of compliance with current safety specifications of the playgrounds in the midwestern region of Turkey. An observational technique was used at a total of 57 public playgrounds. A playground safety control form was prepared based on the United States National Program for Playground Safety and the Consumer Product Safety Commission security standards, since there is no national law covering playground equipment and safety in Turkey. The study evaluated the surroundings of the playground, arrangement of equipment in the playground, and characteristics of the equipment. The percentage of playgrounds surveyed with inadequate or hard surfacing was 80.7%. Fifty-two percent of the equipment was found to be inappropriate. Equipment was higher than the recommended heights. The results of our study unfortunately point out that playgrounds for children do not meet many of the safety criteria.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b73bee0c17842e9b010210fdf49461e2025-08-20T03:00:54ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212008-12-01506Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for childrenErsin Uskun0Ahmet Nesimi KişioğluTülin AltayRengül CikinlarAsuman KocakayaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. This study aimed to identify and evaluate the degree of conformity to the playground standards and the level of compliance with current safety specifications of the playgrounds in the midwestern region of Turkey. An observational technique was used at a total of 57 public playgrounds. A playground safety control form was prepared based on the United States National Program for Playground Safety and the Consumer Product Safety Commission security standards, since there is no national law covering playground equipment and safety in Turkey. The study evaluated the surroundings of the playground, arrangement of equipment in the playground, and characteristics of the equipment. The percentage of playgrounds surveyed with inadequate or hard surfacing was 80.7%. Fifty-two percent of the equipment was found to be inappropriate. Equipment was higher than the recommended heights. The results of our study unfortunately point out that playgrounds for children do not meet many of the safety criteria. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2490 |
| spellingShingle | Ersin Uskun Ahmet Nesimi Kişioğlu Tülin Altay Rengül Cikinlar Asuman Kocakaya Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for children The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for children |
| title_full | Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for children |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for children |
| title_short | Assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of Turkey: an effort to provide a safe environment for children |
| title_sort | assessment of the current status of playground safety in the midwestern region of turkey an effort to provide a safe environment for children |
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