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May
April
- Promoting bicycle safety for children: Strategies and tools for community programs
This tool was created for State Maternal & Child Health (MCH) and injury prevention programs to disseminate to local health departments and community organizations interested in developing effective bike safety programs for children and youth. The document summarizes strategies drawn from comprehensive reviews of high quality evaluations to ensure the best possible chances of success. It includes a discussion of bicycle injuries among children and provides annotated lists of the following resources: guides for planning programs; contacts for partners and funding; program evaluation guides; and sources of "off-the-shelf" education materials for dissemination to parents, kids and communities. Bicycle safety programs can help address National Performance Measure #10, reducing the number of motor vehicle fatalities to children under 14.
MCH and other state injury prevention professionals are encouraged to order hard copies (best format) to disseminate to local organizations. Single copies are available to others. Email Elizabeth Whitley: ewhitley@edc.org
The attachment prints best as double-sided on 11 x 17 paper.
(April 25, 2008)
March
- Christian Hanna, CSN State Outreach Specialist, facilitated the “MCH as key partners in reducing motor vehicle-related injuries and deaths among teens” workshop at AMCHP Annual Conference (Mar. 1-5, Alexandria, VA).
The speakers described the scope of motor vehicle related injuries to teens; identified partners and resources to assist state MCH agencies; and discussed strategies to integrate promising and evidence-based practices into prevention programs.
The Missouri MCH program’s teen driving safety initiative was described
(March 13, 2008)
February
- Alex Kelter, CSN Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, was one of the leading speakers at the " Healthy communities, safe streets: Preventing injuries through community design”, an ASTHO, NACCHO, and STIPDA injury prevention webinar conducted on February 4. This webinar addressed the impact of the built environment and community design on community safety and safe, accessible physical activity. In his “Don’t sit still for climate change” presentation, Dr. Kelter described an ever increasing need for infrastructure and policies that permit safe walking, biking, and other physical activity and mobility in urban community settings.
(February 28, 2008)
- On January 31, Erica Streit-Kaplan, CSN State Outreach Specialist, facilitated “Bullying prevention: The role YOU play” – a CSN technical assistance webinar. The webinar speakers were: Capt. Stephanie Bryn from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau; Erima Fobbs from the Virginia Department of Health; and Cynthia Collins from the New Jersey Maternal, Child and Community Health Program. The presenters summarized current research on the scope and impact of bullying, described the achievements of HRSA’s Stop Bullying Now! campaign, discussed why and how MCH professionals should address bullying, and provided a case study on state health department involvement in bullying prevention. Ms. Streit-Kaplan reminded the participants that CSN can help MCH professionals in utilizing the numerous Stop Bullying Now! campaign materials and other bullying prevention resources. For technical assistance, contact CSN's bullying prevention topic specialist, Erica Streit-Kaplan.
View the webinar’s PowerPoint presentation or listen to the audio portion.
(February 26, 2008)
January
- Ted Miller, CSN-EDARC Founder and Senior Research Scientist, co-authored “Cost of injuries from a prospective cohort study of North Carolina high school athletes” (Injury Prevention. 2007 Dec;13(6):416-21). The article describes how injuries among high school athletes represent a significant economic cost to society: annual statewide estimates were $9.9 million in medical costs alone. When lost wages and “quality of life years” adjustments were factored, annual comprehensive sports injury costs were estimated at $13.7 million and $2733 per athlete.
In addition to the high risk of injury among varsity athletes, data on the high cost of these injuries provides MCH professionals with persuasive evidence toward developing injury prevention programs aimed at high school athletes. CSN will provide copies of the article to state Maternal and Child Health and state public health staff on request: csn@edc.org.
(January 8, 2008)
December
- Lloyd Potter, CSN Director, delivered a presentation on CSN’s role in bullying and suicide prevention at the 4th Annual International Bullying Prevention Association Conference conducted in Hollywood, FL, on November 6-8, 2007. Dr. Potter discussed: the structure of CSN; assisting the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau in achieving goals to reduce child and adolescent death and disability due to injury; state laws on bullying prevention; and connections between bullying and suicide.
(December 5, 2007)
November
- Christine Miara, CSN Deputy Director, co-facilitated “Youth @ Work: Current issues and strategies for promoting safe jobs for teens,” a national meeting of federal agency representatives and advocates on young worker safety, held on November 3, 2007, in Washington. Participants discussed how proposed changes to the child labor laws will protect young workers and new state and national resources.
(November 19, 2007)
