Injury prevention and death review:
Resources
Quick links: ATV/snowmobile/lawnmower safety | Bike/pedestrian safety | Child abuse | Community resources | Farm safety | Firearms | Fires | Home safety | Motor vehicle | Occupational safety | Poison | Reports | Safe sleep | School safety | SIDS/SUDI | Sport safety | Suicide | Water safety | Youth violence
ATV/snowmobile/lawnmower safety
- ATV rider training.
- ATV safety key points.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission‘s rules for recreational snowmobiling.
- Lawnmower safety materials to prevent a child being run over.
- Safe Riders Snowmobile Safety Awareness Program.
- American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on pedestrian safety.
- Bike Helmet Safety Institute.
- Buying a bike.
- Effective transportation policies require injury prevention strategies.
- National Bicycling and Walking Study: 15-Year Status Report.
- Pedestrian safety (various tips, fact sheets, videos etc.).
- Should you take your baby along - recommendations for traveling via bicycle with babies.
- Traveling by bike - Wisconsin DOT information.
- Dad Facts provides fathers with practical information about normal child development.
- Family resource centers build self-esteem and family confidence. View the 19 centers.
- Nurse home-visiting programs as a best practice for child abuse prevention.
- Safe Start - learn more about trauma.
- 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.
- Advocacy resources.
- Demonstrating the worth of your injury prevention program.
- Developing a community assessment.
- Developing injury-related priority needs and performance measures.
- Grant writing tips for non-profits.
- Injury prevention Webinar: A practical approach.
- Injury research and policy.
- Social marketing resources for local communities.
- Understanding evidence-based prevention and evaluation Webinar by the Childhood Injury Prevention Network.
- Understanding the principals of injury prevention.
- Creating safe play areas on farms. Also, view an interactive map.
- Farmwork with an ATV.
- Tractor operation chart.
- Asking Saves Kids (ASK) Campaign as a promising practice for reducing firearm injuries.
- Gun safety tips for parents.
- Household safety - preventing injury from firearms.
- Information on Wisconsin hunting laws.
- Carbon monoxide poisoning prevention (best practice).
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns of hazards from furnaces, space heaters and fireplaces – Agency urges annual furnace inspection, installing smoke and CO alarms.
- Fire and burn safety for children with special needs.
- Fire escape grid produced by Safe Kids Wisconsin.
- Holiday decoration safety tips.
- Smoke alarm information.
- Choking safety for children with special needs video.
- Falls prevention for children with special needs video.
- Household safety checklist.
- Playground safety.
- Pocket guide to safe and age-appropriate toys.
- Window falls toolkit.
- 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).
- NHTSA traffic safety fact sheets.
- Project Ignition (teen driving).
- 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. View webinar.
- Teen driving safety webinar by the Childhood Injury Prevention Network.
- Virtual maps of most dangerous roadways.
- Curriculum for classroom or group training on occupational safety, including PowerPoint presentations, teacher handouts and activities.
- Preventing injuries and deaths in young workers.
- Safety and health tips for the working teen.
- Wisconsin Fatality and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program - Reviews deaths of minors working in Wisconsin.
- Poison safety checklists, posters and safety tips.
- Poisonous plant list.
- Policy statement on the impact of painkiller overdoses.
- Prescription take back initiative.
- A Window into Prevention, 2010 – An initial report on preventing child death and injury in Wisconsin. View report. View summary.
- Burden of Suicide in Wisconsin Report – Detailed information about suicidal behavior, including completed suicides and attempts.
- Citizen Review Panel: National Directory of States.
- Wisconsin's Burden of Injury Report, 2011 - View webinar.
- Wisconsin's Burden of Injury Report, 2006 - Child specific findings - Map of Wisconsin counties.
- WHO and UNICEF report on international childhood injury.
- AAP policy on safe sleep (revised).
- City of Milwaukee Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR).
- Crib standards for child care providers - The Consumer Product Safety Commission has established new standards to ensure the safety of all cribs. View new standards.
- Helping baby back to sleep.
- Safe sleep - Is your baby sleeping safely? - 1 pager showing a safe and unsafe sleep environment. View crib version. View Spanish version.
- Safe sleep Webinar by the Childhood Injury Prevention Network.
- Bully Free Basics an education program produced by the Children’s Health Education Center.
- Comprehensive school safety Web site including information on school violence, playground and general school safety.
- Interventions commonly used to prevent school bullying.
- School safety activities for preschool age children.
- School safety checklist for parents.
- Wisconsin safe school Web page.
- American Academy of Pediatrics article on the increase of SIDS.
- American Indian/Alaska Native babies - Reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
- Archived SUID Webinar: National developments, initiatives, studies and opportunities.
- First Responder guide to sudden infant death.
- Webinar - Sudden Unexpected Infant Death: research, success and challenges.
- Webinar - unraveling the mystery of SIDS.
- Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports - Toolkit for coaches, athletic directors and athletic trainers.
- National study of parents’ knowledge of sports safety.
- Sports-related head injury report by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
- Sports safety tips and specific sport conditions.
- Winter sports safety.
- Means Restriction: Harvard’s Means Matter Campaign.
- National Depression Screening Day (Oct.10).
- Preventing suicide in rural youth from STIPDA and SPRC.
- 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 toolkit by Mental Health America.
- Boating safety activities for preschool-age children.
- CDC unintentional drowning fact sheet.
- How to keep your toddler safe in the bathroom.
- Pool Safety Council.
- Pool and spa submersion: estimated injuries and reported fatalities, 2010 report.
- Safe Kids USA drowning prevention information for parents.
- Water safety webinar by the Childhood Injury Prevention Network.
- CDC guide on understanding youth violence.
- Global view of youth violence.
- 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.