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Youth Camps: Nationwide and State Data on Safety and Health Lacking

HRD-89-140 Published: Sep 20, 1989. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 1989.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed information on youth camp safety and health, focusing on: (1) how many accidents, illnesses, and fatalities occurred at youth camps each year; (2) to what extent states developed youth camp safety and health standards; (3) how and to what extent states enforced those standards; and (4) the effects of proposed federal youth camp safety and health legislation on states.

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Accident preventionCampingChildrenstate relationsProposed legislationPublic health legislationSafety regulationSafety standardsState programslocal relations