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SAFETY
TIPS
Safety tips for a safe new year:
- Always supervise your children. Many injuries are
preventable and keeping a close watch reduces the risk of
injury.
- Make sure the activity or item is age-appropriate. Many
products provide age-appropriate guides on the packaging. If
you're not sure if your child is physically, mentally or
socially ready for an activity talk to your child's doctor.
- Make sure appropriate safety equipment is used, such as
bike helmets, carbon monoxide detectors, child safety seats,
etc. Visit our Web site for recommendations.
- Be sure all toys, safety equipment and other products
are properly maintained. Missing, broken or loose pieces
should be disposed, replaced or repaired to avoid injury.
- Keep important phone numbers close. The goal is to
prevent injuries. Calling the appropriate person can stop a
potentially dangerous situation.
Ninety percent of all unintentional injuries can be
prevented. Be sure to make it a safe
year.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Together for Children
Conference
March 30-31, 2009
Madison,
WI
Learn more.
National Safe
Kids Week
April 26 - May 3, 2009
Learn more.
Statewide Child Death
Review Meeting
October 8-9,
2009
Location TBD
Learn
more. | |
DATA AND
EVALUATION
The 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book is now available.
Information on low-birth weight babies, infant
mortality, child deaths, teen deaths, teen births, high
school drop outs, and other indicators are provided.
This data can be compared by state or major city and
includes options for custom queries. Learn more.
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The Web-based Injury Statistics Query
and Reporting System (WISQARS) now contains data from
the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's
National Violent Death Reporting System for 16 states.
This is in addition to all previous data provided. Learn
more.
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The number of scald
burns in the United States recently has been brought to
our attention. A new study in the Journal of Pediatrics
reports scalds from hot bath or tap water are not the
leading cause of scald burns. Instead, burns from hot
liquids in the kitchen are the leading cause. This study
also highlights that most education focuses on lowering
temperatures on water heaters and not on kitchen scalds.
Microwaves are convenient for youth cooking, but are not
developmentally appropriate. For a visual on method of
scald burns and the developmental stages of children, click
here. | | |
FUNDING
Every year the process for grant applications becomes
more competitive. According to the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting (CPB), the seven steps to writing
effective grant applications are:
1. Define
your project
2. Identify the right funding
sources
3. Contact the funding
sources
4. Acquire proposal
guidelines
5. Know the submission
deadline
6. Determine personal
needs
7. Update your timeline
Learn more about effective
grant applications and proposals.
Obtain
information about current grant opportunities from the
following sites:
• Center for Disease
Control
• Grants.gov
• Maternal and Child Health
Bureau
• U.S. Department of Health and Human
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PROGRAMS AND BEST
PRACTICES
The role of noncustodial fathers in the lives of
low-income families has received increased attention in
the past decade. As welfare reform has placed time
limits on cash benefits, policymakers and program
administrators have become interested in increasing
financial support from noncustodial parents as a way to
reduce poverty among low-income children.
Although child support enforcement efforts have
increased dramatically in recent years, there is
evidence that many low-income fathers cannot afford to
meet their child support obligations without
impoverishing themselves or their families. Instead,
many fathers accumulate child support debts that may
lead them to evade the child support system and see less
of their children. Learn more about the 10 key
findings from responsible fatherhood
initiatives. | | |
RESOURCES
The U.S. Fire Administration has declared the 2008
holiday season and start of the new year one of the
deadliest in recent history for fires and carbon
monoxide poisonings. Tough economic times have been
blamed for the increase. Families are trying to find
inexpensive ways to stay warm. Learn more about reducing the
risk of home fires.
Click here for free injury
prevention fact
sheets. | | |
SUCCESS
STORIES
Congratulations to the Waukesha County Child Death
Review (CDR) team for providing their community with
best practice information to ensure all babies are
sleeping safely. The news story about the ABC's of safe
sleep ran on two local news stations and received a
great response. Thanks for helping to keep kids
safe!
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The Kenosha CDR team is working toward a better
understanding of the risk factors and circumstances
surrounding the deaths of children. They are analyzing
data from 2000 to present in order to identify patterns
in children's deaths. Keep up the great work!
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Have you started a new program? Have your programs
resulted in saved lives? Large or small this is your
time to brag and let others know about your success. Our
Success Stories section is meant to
highlight injury prevention activities and programs at
work throughout Wisconsin.
Please
submit any success stories and images to cipn@chw.org. | | |
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