南臺灣某縣市托兒所兒童遊戲場安全因子現況分析

Safety Factors Analysis for Day Care Center's Playground in a County of Southern Taiwan

兒童遊戲場的動態活動發生意外機會較高，本研究目的在了解托兒所遊戲場實際安全及管理狀況，以地方政府托兒所環境評鑑表為調查工具，隨機抽樣調查南台灣某縣市43所立案托兒所遊戲場。安全及管理缺失最多的項目是缺乏遊戲設施合格保證書，佔63%，缺乏無障礙環境設置、未設計遊戲場檢核表、未設置遊戲場專責管理人員各有23%。在符合安全管理項目中，室內外幼童遊戲場總面積合格佔84%，提供多樣化種類幼童遊戲設施的園所有70%，63%的園所設有專責遊戲場管理人員以及鋪設遊戲場緩衝鋪面，49%的園所提供了合理規劃之遊戲場動線。因為遊戲場的硬體設施與招生有關，且有具體的數字可遵循，園所較願意配合達成，所以有關遊戲場環境的外顯項目多能符合，但有關安全管理的實際方式，會隨不同園所的軟硬體條件而有所差異，要達成要求的困難度較高，所以內隱項目不合格比例偏高。為使幼兒能有更安全的遊戲環境，本研究探討各項目之調查結果，分析原因，提出改進建議，可做為政府推動兒童遊戲場安全在職教育及宣導的參考。

The playground is the most popular used equipment in day care center. However, accidents are occurred frequently in the playground. This present study was intended to analyze the safety factors and management of day care center's playground. They were examined by ”Environmental Evaluation Form” designed by County government. All the 43 day care centers in a county of southern Taiwan were valid samples. The results showed that most play equipment (63%) did not have qualified certification. In addition, 23 % of day care centers did not set up barrier-free playground, play equipment maintenance checklist, and management staffs, respectively. The safety factors which satisfy the safety requirements were analyzed. 84% day care centers own sufficient playground area for children. There were 70% of day care centers providing enough number of play equipment for children. 63% of day care centers set up playground management staffs and protective surfacing materials to cover around the play equipment, and near a half number of centers had been provided qualified playground safe route. Equipment safety of play ground in day care centers were mostly wellqualified since play ground was obviously seen by parents, the customers of day care centers, in addition, how to manage its safety was easy to follow. However, management safety could be different in different day care centers, depending on their equipments. For this sake, there were more day care centers failed on the evaluation of management safety. Our survey showed that most of day care centers were qualify the obviously safety factors which people are easy to notice but fail in the play equipment management which were easy to be neglected. Based on our research findings, we submit conclusions and suggestions in term of establishing a concrete protecting measure and completing a full-scale safety education programs for government to promote play ground safety education for professionals in day care centers, as well as educational materials for all who concerns about the safety of play ground.