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NEW INJURY
PREVENTION RESOURCES
Have you visited the Childhood Injury Prevention Network
Web site lately? Many of you completed a 2008 survey that
helped drive new additions to the site. You shared that
resources would be helpful in areas such as, teen driving, all
terrain vehicles, youth violence, farm and occupational
safety.
The survey also found that additional resources in grant
writing, social marketing, advocacy and community assessment
would help in carrying out programs. Be sure to check it out and share with
colleagues. As always, feedback is
welcome.
RECALL
ALERT
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and
Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. are recalling more than 2.1
million Stork Craft drop-side cribs. Learn more.
Maclaren USA has announced a recall of single
and double umbrella strollers due to reports of finger
amputation when children put their fingers in hinges.
Consumers should stop using the strollers and contact Maclaren for a free repair kit.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
CO 101: Resource and Policy
Webinar
December 14
Webinar (hosted by
Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin)
Contact Libbe Slavin.
Together for Children Conference
April
19-20
Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
Learn
more. | |
DATA AND
EVALUATION
A new study published in the
November issue of Pediatrics shows a 31 percent
decrease in the number of burn injuries treated in the
emergency room. This study reviewed data from 1990
through 2006 on people age 20 and younger. The study
found children younger than age 5 sustained 57.7 percent
of injuries. Almost 60 percent of injuries resulted from
thermal burns. However, scald burns were 2.5 times more
likely to result in hospitalization than other types of
burns.
The Injury Research Center at the
Medical College of Wisconsin has released a new brief,
Graduated Driver Licensing Policy Across
the Great Lakes Region: Benefits and Future
Potential. The brief outlines the benefits of
Graduated Driver Licensing's policy for teen drivers and
their families. In addition, the brief examines
how to enhance these policies to further reduce the
burden of unnecessary death and injury associated with
teen drivers. For more information, contact Timothy E. Corden,
MD. | | |
FUNDING
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has
announced a grant opportunity encouraging research that
builds the scientific base for the prevention of
unintentional injuries to children, ages newborn to 19.
For a full description of the grant and eligibility
requirements, click here.
The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
(SAFER) Grant seeks to provide funding directly to fire
departments and volunteer firefighter interest
organizations to help increase the number of trained,
"front-line" firefighters available in their
communities. Learn more.
Applications for funding will be accepted in 2010 for
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects. Planning
assistance, infrastructure and non-infrastructure
projects will be considered. Updated applications and
guidelines will be available in January and due April 2.
The 2008 applications currently are online to give
schools and communities ideas. Check the SRTS Web site for more
information on the 2010 program
cycle. | | |
LEGISLATION
LRB-1844/7 and LRB-3780/1 requiring carbon monoxide
detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling
units would improve current law requiring detectors in
all multi-family homes, hotels, bed and breakfast
establishments and any other public building used for
sleeping or lodging purposes. The bill is expected to be
introduced in the next few weeks.
Visit the Wisconsin State Legislature Web
site to find and contact your legislators
regarding injury prevention
bills. | | |
PROGRAMS AND BEST
PRACTICES
The city of Madison recently adopted an ordinance
requiring all residential buildings and single family
residences to install hard-wired smoke detectors with
battery backup or smoke alarms powered by a
nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery capable of powering
the smoke alarm for a minimum of ten years. Learn
more. | | |
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 RESOURCES
The Maternal Child Health Alert: Focus on
Infant Mortality newsletter offers a variety
of tools including:
- Resources on child care and Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) compiled by the National Sudden and
Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss
Resource Center at Georgetown University.
- A new SAFE KIDS parents' guide on infant safety.
- A study that identifies promising data
elements for environmental public health tracking of
reproductive outcomes.
- A Journal of Pediatrics article that
examines opportunities and limitations in using death
certificates to characterize SIDS.
- A study that evaluates the relationships between
infant mortality and place, poverty, and race in the
lower Mississippi
Delta.
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SUCCESS
STORIES
During October, over 200 Wisconsin homes were visited
and smoke alarms were checked as part of the 8th Annual
Delivering Fire Prevention event. Safe Kids coalitions
throughout Wisconsin partnered with local fire
departments and pizza restaurants. The program, funded
by State Farm Insurance, educated nearly 600 children on
fire prevention education and provided smoke alarms and
carbon monoxide detectors to qualifying
families. | | |
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