Healthy Images Fact Sheets

Children and youth are too often injured and sometimes die as a result of hazards in their environment. Unintentional injury continues to be the greatest cause of mortality, morbidity and disability for children and youth in Canada. Most of these injuries are preventable.

Healthy Images are images that portray positive, healthy lifestyles by incorporating safe usage of equipment, clothing and physical environments, appropriate skill levels and adult supervision. If all images in visuals on TV, video, film, print are "Healthy Images", this will have a significant impact towards fostering a safety culture, thereby helping to reduce injuries and promote healthy lifestyles.

The following information is designed to act as a starting point for individuals planning to produce visual images of children and youth for TV, video, film or print.

Healthy Images Fact Sheets

• General Considerations
  
• Children and Youth at Home
  
• Children, Youth and the Road
  
• Children and Youth at Play
  
• Key Considerations

Photographs and Clip Art

Healthy Images is a collection of photographs and images that portray positive, healthy lifestyles by incorporating safe usage of equipment, clothing, and physical environments (including sun safety), appropriate skill levels and supervision. All images may be used free of charge, with prior permission from the Public Health Agency of Canada, only to promote healthy lifestyles and for non-commercial purposes. The Public Health Agency of Canada must be credited when an image is used.

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