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WELCOME NEW AND
RETURNING
FRIENDS
Thank you for all the positive
feedback we received regarding the first issue of
Safety Net and the resources available on the Childhood
Injury Prevention Network.
Since our last issue, we have
almost 100 new people signed up to receive our
information…welcome to our new friends.
Please continue to send your
thoughts, comments and input for the next issue and don’t
forget to check out the Web site for up-to-date information
and resources. Encourage others working in injury prevention
to sign up for Safety
Net!
Sincerely,
Bridget
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DATA AND
EVALUATION
Keeping Kids Safe this
Summer
Safe Kids USA released the
first-ever Summer Safety Report in conjunction with Safe
Kids Week, April 28 – May 5, 2007. Vermont led the
nation with one of the lowest children’s accidental
injury death rates in summer (1.63 per 100,000 children,
below the national average of 3.67 per 100,000 children)
and a 60.3 percent reduction in the summer rate over a
five-year period. The report also shows an average of 17
children a day, or 2,143 total children, died from May 1
to August 31, 2004 due to injuries, many of which could
have been prevented. Check out how Wisconsin ranked and find
tools to use in your
communities! | | |
FUNDING
Preventing Child Abuse and
Neglect Through Nurse Home
Visitation
The purpose of activities
funded under this program announcement is to prevent
child abuse and neglect by providing nurse home
visitation services and by providing or referring
parents who would benefit from them to healthy marriage
and responsible fatherhood services. Funded programs
will employ strong partnerships with child abuse
prevention, child welfare, family support, and other
disciplines to implement and evaluate this combination
of services. Families who need them should also receive
services to address substance abuse, mental health, and
family violence issues. Nurse home visitation programs
funded under this program announcement will be based on
models which have been proven successful in preventing
child abuse and neglect.
Funded programs will conduct
comprehensive family assessments, build on family
strengths, address the most critical risk factors for
abuse or neglect, deliver culturally competent services
or arrange for appropriate supports, focus on positive
parent-child and parent-parent interaction, educate
families on child development, and provide or refer
parents who would benefit from them to healthy marriage
and responsible fatherhood services. These demonstration
projects will further explore the connection between
intact families and/or active fathers and the occurrence
of child abuse and neglect. The programs must institute
nurse home visits and services during pregnancy or at
birth and provide services of sufficient duration to
lower the incidence of child abuse and neglect. Three
awards will be granted at a maximum of $400,000 each.
Applications must be received by
July 2, 2007. Learn
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LEGISLATION
Senator Carol Roessler and her staff,
who were incredibly supportive with the booster seat
legislation in 2006, continue their efforts in
protecting our children in this legislative session. SB-16 would require a personal
floatation
device be worn by persons 12 years old and under in
recreational boats in Wisconsin. To track the progress
of this bill click here.
As you can see by this chart…there
is more work to do in Wisconsin. Click here to see where our
state’s law leaves kids at risk this
summer!
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PROGRAMS
AND BEST PRACTICES
Big Splash for Safe
Kids
SAFE KIDS Greater Green Bay is teaming
up with the Zoo to bring fun safety messages to the
public on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
at the Zoo.
Bring your swim suit and enjoy a fun,
educational and wet adventure. The event kicks-off with
the Eagle III rescue helicopter landing at 4:00 p.m.
Learn about safety from our interactive exhibitors
located in the Children’s Petting Zoo area. The types of
safety that will be featured include: car seat, bike
helmet, poison, boating, playground, food, camping and
outdoor activity, summer sport, animal, and water. Be
sure to join children’s performer Randy Peterson for
amphitheater performances at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.
Drowning remains the second leading
injury related killer of children 1-14, claiming more
than 900 lives each year. Water safety is a complex
issue with no single safety device that works in all
cases. It is important to understand and practice four
water safety wisdoms – supervision, environment,
gear and education.
- Supervision: The National
SAFE KIDS Campaign recommends adults take turns
serving as the “water watcher”- whose sole
responsibility is to constantly observe children in or
near water.
- Environment: Installation
and proper use of four-sided isolation fencing could
prevent 50-90 percent of residential pool
drownings.
- Gear: Nearly 85 percent of
boat-related drownings could be prevented if all
passengers were wearing properly fitting life
vests.
- Education: SAFE KIDS
Worldwide recommends that children be enrolled in
swimming lessons with a certified instructor by age
eight.
For further information on the “Big
Splash for Safe Kids” event, please call (920) 448-7081.
The life you save could be your child’s.
June is Home Safety Month
The
Home Safety Council wants to help you spread the word in
your community, starting today. Want to learn more?
Visit the Home Safety Month planners
space for safety articles, free materials,
checklists and more!
More on Motor Vehicle Safety
The Task Force on Community Preventive
Services conducted systematic reviews of interventions
designed to increase the use of child safety seats and
belts, and reduce alcohol impaired driving. The findings
were released in an issue of Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report. Improvements in each category will
contribute to reductions in occupant-injury--related
morbidity and mortality, and success in one area could
contribute to improvements in the other areas. Data and
best practices highlighted in this report can assist
with grant writing and justification of programming. In
selecting and implementing interventions, communities
should strive to develop a comprehensive program to
reduce motor vehicle occupant injuries that includes
legislation, enforcement, public education, training,
and other community oriented strategies. View full report.
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SUCCESS
STORIES
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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