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Article describes the background and concept of establishing social network aimed to decrease the injury rate in children. Internet based portal should allow children themselves, their parents and other guardians to enter and retrieve the information about accidents and subsequent injuries. About 100.000 children in Croatia yearly are suffering in accidents, which 500-700 of them became handicapped and about 50 even die yearly.

Children Protection Social Network should help to boost risk awareness and mitigation. Systematic epidemiology of children injury as well as scientific studies in that area, was neglected in past decades. Besides of information entry and structured browsing, portal visitors will get medical advices and the possibility of forming social network. This communication related to injury groups could help overcoming the impact of accident consequences.