Region 3: Mid-Atlantic Injury Control Network (MAICN)
States:
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Year founded:
2004
Membership:
- State injury prevention directors
- Other state injury prevention staff
- Maternal and child health professionals, including state adolescent health coordinators
- Staff from CDC-funded injury control research centers at Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh & West Virginia University
- Children's Safety Network staff
Procedures and communications:
- Quarterly conference calls
- Electronic mailing list
- Ad-hoc meetings
Selected projects/activities:
- Shared strategies to address new injury-related legislation
- Invited regional adolescent health coordinators to discuss issues of shared concern and strategize about enhancing collaboration with injury prevention.
For more information, contact Dexter Taylor at taylor@pire.org
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