Recalls

• Graco® drop side cribs made by LaJobi recalled due to entrapment and suffocation hazards. The drop side hardware can break or fail. When the drop side detaches, a gap is created between the drop side and the crib mattress in which infants and toddlers can become entrapped, posing a risk of suffocation and strangulation. In addition, children can fall from the cribs when the drop side detaches or fails to lock.
• Simplicity cribs recalled by retailers. Mattress-support collapse can cause suffocation and strangulation. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing the recall of all Simplicity full-size cribs with tubular metal mattress-support frames. This recall includes fixed side and drop side cribs. These cribs pose a risk of serious injury or death due to entrapment, strangulation, suffocation and fall hazards to infants and toddlers.
  
  

Quick links: ATV/snowmobile/lawnmower safety | Bike/pedestrian safety | Child abuse | Community resources | Farm safety | Firearms  Fires | General | Home safety | Motor vehicle | Occupational safety | Poison | Reports | Safe sleep | School safety | Sport safety | Suicide | Water safety | Youth violence

ATV/snowmobile/lawnmower safety

• 2007 annual report of ATV-related deaths and injuries.
• ATV rider training.
• ATV safety key points.
• ATV safety packet.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission‘s rules for recreational snowmobiling.
• 4-H ATV safety program and fit test (best practice).
• How to develop a community-based 4-H ATV safety youth-adult collaboration.
• Lawnmower safety materials to prevent a child being ran over.
• Lawnmower safety tips and other motorized outdoor equipment.
• Safe Riders Snowmobile Safety Awareness Program.

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Bike/pedestrian safety

• American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on pedestrian safety.
• Bike Helmet Safety Institute.
• Bike helmets 2010 updates.
• Buying a bike.
• Easy steps to properly fit a bicycle helmet.
• Effective transportation policies require injury prevention strategies (policy brief).
• Kids and bicycle safety riding tips.
• Safe Routes to School Rodeo Manual - planning a bike rodeo.
• School walking and bicycling policies: Addressing policies that hinder and implementing policies that help.
• Should you take your baby along - recommendations for traveling via bicycle with babies.
• Traveling by bike - Wisconsin DOT information.

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Child abuse

• 2007 review of child abuse (80 pages).
• A child abuse statistics and research reference guide for social workers.
• Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Fund.
• Children’s Trust Fund of Wisconsin works to ensure that Wisconsin children will grow up free of physical, sexual and emotional abuse and all forms of neglect.
• Dad Facts provides fathers with practical information about normal child development.
• Family resource centers build self-esteem and family confidence. View the 19 centers.
• How to report child abuse (listed by county).
• Identifying risk factors for child abuse.
• Monthly statistics describing the number of CPS calls screened in.
• Nurse home-visiting programs as a best practice for child abuse prevention.
• Online training for mandatory reporters.
• Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) - national organization committed to education and prevention. Wisconsin chapter of PCA.
• Sign up for the Safe Start Newsletter to learn more about trauma.
• State report cards on public disclosure of child abuse deaths.
• Statistics on child abuse resulting in deaths.
• The Period of Purple Crying provides caregivers with information about normal infant crying.
• The role of professional child care providers in preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect.
• Tips on identifying child abuse and neglect.

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Community resources

• Advocacy resources.
• Advocacy toolkit.
• Building your advocacy plan.
• Definitions of social marketing.
• Developing injury-related priority needs and performance measures.
• Grant writing tips for non-profits.
• Grant writing tips from the Environmental Protection Agency.
• Injury prevention Webinar: A practical approach.
• Injury research and policy.
• Social marketing 101.
• Social marketing resources for local communities.

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Farm safety

• 2009 fact sheet childhood agricultural injuries.
• Ag Safety Now educational materials.
• Agritourism: health and safety guidelines for children (40 page document for family farm owners).
• Bury a tradition ad (in English). More ads endorsed by the Childhood Agricultural Safety Network.
• Childhood Agricultural Safety Network (CASN).
• Creating safe play areas on farms.
• Farm Safety Association.
• Farm safety 4 just kids.
• Farmwork with an ATV.
• How to stay safe around animals (written for children).
• How to stay safe on a farm (written for parents).
• National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH).
• National Education Center for Agricultural Safety.
• North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT). Fact sheet. List of guidelines.
• Progressive Agriculture Safety Day.
• Tractor operation chart.

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Firearms

• Asking Saves Kids (ASK) Campaign as a promising practice for reducing firearm injuries.
• Data shows that 13 has become a dangerous age for hunters.
• Gun safety tips for gun handling, shooting ranges and hunting.
• Gun safety tips for parents.
• Household safety - preventing injury from firearms.
• Information on Wisconsin hunting laws.
• Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission’s 2008 report.
• Safe hunting tips for parents and teens.
  

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Fires

• Carbon monoxide poisoning prevention (best practice).
• Carbon monoxide poisoning video.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns of hazards from furnaces, space heaters and fireplaces – agency urges annual furnace inspection, installing smoke and CO alarms.
• CPSC warning - millions of Americans have smoke alarms that don’t work.
• Fire escape grid produced by Safe Kids Wisconsin.
• Fire safety (written for parents).
• Fire safety and burn prevention videos for children with special needs.
• Fire sprinkler system video.
• General fire safety tips for parents.
• Holiday decoration safety tips.
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) – Access resources on the dangers of consumer fireworks. View the current NFPA report.
• Smoke alarm information.
• Toylike lighters – playing with fire legislation to ban toy lighters.
• Video on the hazards of grease fires.

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General injury prevention

• Best practice: American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine: Injury Prevention.
• Best practices for unintentional injury prevention.
• Mortality among teenagers ages 12 to 19: United States, 1999-2006.

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Home safety

• 12 safety devices to protect your children.
• Baby-proofing your home.
• Household safety checklist.
• Playground safety.
• Pocket guide to safe and age-appropriate toys.
• Sign up for the product recall list.
• What to do in case of a fall.
• Window falls toolkit.

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Motor vehicle

• Child Passenger Safety Tips.
• Cruise control (teen driving).
• Graduated driver’s license policy brief, written by the Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
• Keep the Drive (teen driving).
• Lives saved calculations for seatbelts and frontal air bags.
• Locate a car seat fitting station near you.
• Medicaid Reimbursement for Car Seats Is Cost Effective Health Policy - A study released from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) shows that distributing car safety seats among economically disadvantaged children could be as cost-effective as long-established federal vaccination programs.
• Motor vehicle and car seat recalls and defects.
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released “Not-in-Traffic Surveillance 2007.”
• NHTSA traffic safety fact sheets.
• Primary enforcement of seatbelt law issue brief - an overview of the evidence, benefits and other considerations related to primary enforcement of wearing seatbelts in Wisconsin.
• Project Ignition (teen driving).
• Proper car seat use.
• Recommendations for keeping children rear-facing longer.
• Safety in and around cars - information on trunk entrapment, vehicle rollovers and never leaving children alone in vehicles.
• Safety in and around vehicles Webinar.
• Teen Safe Driver Program.
• Teens in the Driver Seat.
• Vehicle safety information from the government.
• Virtual maps of most dangerous roadways.
• Wisconsin child safety seat law.
• Wisconsin crash statistics.

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Occupational safety

• Curriculum for classroom or group training on occupational safety, including PowerPoint presentations, teacher handouts and activities.
• Fact sheet on preventing injuries, illness and death in youth workers.
• Preventing injuries and deaths in young workers.
• Safety and health tips for the working teen.
• Safety guide for young workers employed in landscaping.
• Wisconsin Fatality and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program - reviews deaths of minors working in Wisconsin.

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Poison

• Look alike products.
• Poison prevention materials.
• Poison prevention successful event planning.
• Poison safety checklists, posters and safety tips.
• Unintentional drug poisoning in the U.S.

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Reports

• At the Intersection of Public Health and Transportation - this American Public Health Association report discusses how transportation affects health.
• Burden of Suicide in Wisconsin Report – This report is the result of a partnership between the Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Mental Health America of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. This report provides detailed information about suicidal behavior, including completed suicides and attempts.
• Citizen Review Panel: National Directory of States.
• Raising Safe Kids: One Stage at a Time - A study of child development and unintentional injury.
• Unintentional injuries in adolescents.
• Wisconsin's Burden of Injury Report - Child specific findings - Map of Wisconsin counties.
• Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System Annual Report – this report was developed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Injury Prevention Program in collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin Firearm Injury Center.
• WHO and UNICEF report on international childhood injury.

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Safe sleep

• 10 ways to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
• American Academy of Pediatrics article on the increased incidence of SIDS.
• Archived SUID Webinar: National developments, initiatives, studies and opportunities.
• City of Milwaukee Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR).
• City of Milwaukee safe sleep for infants video.
• Continuing education program on SIDS risk reduction.
• First Candle.
• First Responder guide to sudden infant death.
• Infant Death Center of Wisconsin.
• Infant death scene investigation and the assessment of potential risk factors for asphyxia - a review of 209 sudden unexpected infant deaths - article reviewing research on safe sleep environments.
• Iowa death scene investigation form.
• Project Impact provides information policy and communicating with the public.
• Sample safe sleep letter produced by the Pennsylvania CDR team.
• Texas State CDR Team position on safe sleep environments.
• Webinar - Sudden Unexpected Infant Death: research, success and challenges.
• Webinar - unraveling the mystery of SIDS.

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School safety

• Bully Free Basics an education program produced by the Children’s Health Education Center.
• Bullying advice for parents.
• Bullying prevention tip sheet for educators.
• Bullying resource for parents, students and educators.
• Children’s Health Education Center bullying course for kids.
• Comprehensive school safety Web site including information on school violence, playground and general school safety.
• Frequently asked questions about school safety in Wisconsin.
• Interventions commonly used to prevent school bullying.
• National School Safety Center.
• School bus safety from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
• School food safety from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• School safety activities for preschool age children.
• School safety checklist for parents.
• Stop Bullying Now-Lend A Hand! Information for teenagers on bullying prevention.
• Wisconsin safe school Web page.

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Sport safety

• Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports - Toolkit for coaches, athletic directors and athletic trainers.
• Sports safety tips and specific sport conditions.
• Tips for sports and exercise safety.
• Winter sports safety.

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Suicide

• Basics for suicide prevention.
• Coping with suicide.
• Means Restriction: Harvard’s Means Matter Campaign.
• National Depression Screening Day (Oct.10).
• National registry of evidenced-based programs and practices.
• National strategy for suicide prevention - goals and objectives for action. View summary.
• National suicide prevention lifeline - hotline for suicide crises.
• Preventing suicide in rural youth from STIPDA and SPRC.
• Preventing youth suicide.
• Registry of evidence-based resources for suicide prevention.
• Reporting on suicide - recommendations for the media (to prevent “suicide contagion”).
• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) - offers an educational curriculum program designed for schools and educators that links depression awareness and suicide prevention.
• Suicide prevention initiatives from the Department of Public Instruction.
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center - general information on suicide.
• Suicide prevention toolkit by Mental Health America.
• Suicide risk factors.
• Warning signs of suicide.
• What to do if someone you know is suicidal.
• What to do if you are having suicidal thoughts.
• Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Strategy.

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Water safety

• Boating safety activities for preschool age children.
• CDC unintentional drowning fact sheet.
• Common swimming complaint - swimmer’s ear. How to recognize and treat.
• How to keep your toddler safe in the bathroom.
• Physician’s role in promoting childhood water safety.
• Pool Safety Council.
• Pool/Spa Act.
• Pool and spa submersion: estimated injuries and reported fatalities, 2009 report.
• Safe Kids USA safety checklist for parents on swimming and boating in oceans, lakes and rivers.
• Safe Kids USA: Water Safety Campaign 2008: Kids Don’t Float.
• Safe Kids USA water safety checklist for children.
• Staying safe while in the water - guidelines for families.
• Swimming pool safety and risk factors.
• Teaching children to dive safely.
• Water safety activities for preschool age children.

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Youth violence

• Best practice ideas in preventing youth violence.
• CDC guide on understanding youth violence.
• CDC statistics on national and state incidents of youth violence.
• Dating violence and sexual assault resource for parents and caregivers.
• Global view of youth violence.
• Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission.
• National Youth Prevention Resource Center.
• Project Ujima, a community project committed to helping stop the cycle of violent crimes by reducing the number of repeat victims of violence.
• Sexual assault activities that engage youth.
• Youth Violence: Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention - A Sourcebook for Community Action.

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Injury Prevention Summit presentations

• What's New Now...the State's Perspective.
  Murray Katcher, MD PhD
• Burden of Injury in Wisconsin - Spelling it Out.
  Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
• Navigating the Burden of Injury Report.
  Brianna Kopp, MPH
• Using the Burden of Injury Report as a Tool for Action.
  Timothy Corden, MD

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Web Links - Wisconsin

Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin

Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Fund

Children's Trust Fund

Infant Death Center of Wisconsin

Injury Research Center - Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission

Prevent Child Abuse Wisconsin

Safe Kids Wisconsin

Wisconsin Child Passenger Safety Advocates

Wisconsin Injury Prevention Program - Department of Health and Family Services

Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH)

Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Resource Center

AgriSafe Network

ATV Safety Institute

Bike Helmet Safety Institute

Children's Safety Network

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal Highway Safety Program

First Candle

Home Safety Council

Injury Free Coalition for Kids

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety

National Education Center for Agricultural Safety.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

National MCH Center for Child Death Review (Michigan)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Suicide Prevention Resource Center

National Youth Prevention Resource Center

Prevent Child Abuse (PCA)

Safe Kids Worldwide

SafetyResource.org

Suicide Prevention Resource Center