Indiana SAFE KIDS Coalition

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Safe Kids Vanderburgh/Warrick Community
Presentation

• This workshop is for those individuals and/or
  organizations that may be interested in
  participating in a Safe Kids chapter in their
  local community.

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Mission Statement for Safe Kids
Vanderburgh/Warrick

• Safe Kids Vanderburgh/Warrick is a local network
  of organizations whose purpose is to prevent
  accidental childhood injury through education and
  increased awareness.

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UNINTENTIONAL CHILDHOOD INJURYTHE PROBLEM

• Each Year
• 6,040 children die
• 92,000 children permanently
• disabled
• 14 million children injured

Trauma is the FIRST leading cause of death in
ages 1-44
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Injury Prevention

• There is no such thing as an accident.
• Dr. Waller advocated for the removal of the term
  accident.
• Injuries CAN be explained with scientific methods.

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Source CDC/NCHS/NVSS, 1997
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Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death in
Indiana, 1998-2002, Ages 0-4
Cause of Death of Deaths MV traffic
38 Fire/burn 49 Drowning/submersion
60 Suffocation 165 Pedestrian,
other 17 Bicycle 0
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Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death in
Indiana, 1998-2002, Ages 5-9
Cause of Death of Deaths MV traffic
33 Fire/burn 23 Drowning/submersion
23 Pedestrian 14 Airway Obstruction
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Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death in
Indiana, 1998-2002, Ages 10-14
Cause of Death of Deaths MV
traffic 37 Drowning/submersion 16 Firearm
8 Fire/burn 12 Suffocation
10 Bicycle 14 Pedestrian 18
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What do our Local Trauma Center Databases show?
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Evansville Trauma Admissions for Pediatric
Patients (Ages 0-17)
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Evansville Trauma Admissions for Pediatric
Patients January 2006 to Present (Ages 0-17)
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Solutions

• Every dollar spent on a child safety seat saves
  32 in direct medical costs.
• Every dollar spent on bicycle helmets saves 30
  in direct medical costs.
• Every dollar spent on a smoke alarm saves 69 in
  fire related costs 21 in direct medical costs.
• Every dollar spent on poison control centers
  saves 7 in medical costs.
• Safe Kids Worldwide Campaign Childhood Injury
  Fact Sheet

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What is a Safe Kids Coalition or Chapter?

• Organized group
• Common goal
• Collaboration
• Network
• Injury prevention resource

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Safe Kids Chapter Requirements

• Must have at least two other agencies in the
  community as members of the local Safe Kids
  chapter
• Designate and perform at least two areas of
  safety/injury prevention for families, children
• Hold monthly/bimonthly meetings to discuss Safe
  Kids chapter business
• Maintain awareness of public policy on safety
  issues
• Collect data where feasible
• Solicit/Obtain external funding or in-kind
  donations from local businesses, community
  foundations, and individuals

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Benefits of being a Safe Kids chapter affiliated
through Safe Kids Indiana

• 1500 Traffic Safety grant every October 1 of
  current grant year through Safe Kids Indiana.
  This grant can be used to purchase traffic safety
  items such as car seats, booster seats, bike
  helmets, etc.
• Various free/low cost safety materials throughout
  year from Safe Kids Indiana (helmets, safety
  brochures, smoke detectors) as available.
• General Motors/Chevrolet Safe Kids Buckle Up
  Incentive grants (400-800) for car seat
  inspections, trainings, etc. On a first come,
  first come basis while supplies last. Safe Kids
  Buckle Up grants are on a quarterly basis.
• National affiliation with Safe Kids Worldwide.
• Discounted child passenger safety trainings and
  injury prevention seminars.
• Access to the General Motors Chevy Venture Mobile
  Car Seat Check Up Van for community events (i.e.
  health fair, festival, car seat check).
• Constant communication link with State
  Coordinator through toll-free line.

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Safe Kids Chapters Coalitions (IN)

• Adams County
• Allen County (Coalition)
  Marion County (Coalition)
• Benton County Monroe County
• Boone County Newton County
• Clinton County Perry County
• Crawford/Harrison County Pike County
• DeKalb County Porter County
• Delaware County (Coalition) Posey County
  (Coalition)
• Dubois County Pulaski County
• Elkhart County (Coalition) Putnam County
• Floyd County Ripley County
• Fulton County Scott County
• Gibson County (Coalition) St. Joseph County
• Grant County Starke County
• Hamilton County Vanderburgh County
• Hendricks County Vigo County (Coalition)
• Henry County Wayne County
• Huntington County Wells County
• Jasper County White/Carroll County

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What type of organizations in Indiana lead the
local Safe Kids Chapters Coalitions?

• Social service groups 12()
• Hospitals 15
• Health depts. 7
• For profit groups 2
• Police depts. 3
• EMS 1
• Fire depts. 1
• Step Ahead, Healthy Families, RSVP, YMCA, First
  Steps, Purdue Extension)
• Total 44 Safe Kids coalitions and chapters in
  Indiana

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Designing Injury Prevention Programs

• Ask ourselves
• Incidence of new cases of that injury that
  occur during a specified time period in a
  population that is at risk
• Prevalence of affected persons with a specific
  injury present in a population at a specified
  time by of persons in that population
• Severity of Injury
• How Preventable is the Injury
• Costs of the Injury

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Injury Prevention Programs

• The obvious, most affordable, or most acceptable
  strategy is almost never the most beneficial.

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Programs Currently in Place
ATV Safety
Bicycle Safety
Contact Sport Safety
Backpack Safety
Car Seat Inspections
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Child Passenger Safety Week

• February
• Theme
• Safe Kids chapters can participate in national
  initiatives through Safe Kids Indiana
• Safe Kids Indiana may offer mini grants to
  chapters to conduct local events
• Huge Media Campaign

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Safe Kids Week

• May
• Theme
• Safe Kids chapters can participate in national
  initiatives through Safe Kids Indiana
• Safe Kids Indiana may offer occasional mini
  grants to chapters to conduct local events
• Huge Media Campaign

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Walk this Way

• October
• National sponsor is FedEx
• Yearly national event in coordination with
  International Walk Your Child to School Day
• Safe Kids Indiana may offer mini grants to
  conduct local events including pedestrian safety
  rally at local schools
• Huge Media Campaign

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Questions?