Injury Free News
November 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Former military surgeon, John Tis, M.D., has joined the Div. of Pediatric Orthopedics at Johns Hopkins.
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November 2008
After the loss of her daughter Hannah in 2006 to a motor vehicle crash, Peggy Hackett has committed herself to reducing the number of teen motor vehicle crash fatalities in Arkansas.
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September 2008
Motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of teen deaths in the US. In 2006, motor vehicle accidents resulted in the deaths of 61 Arkansas teens—double the national average. The Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital has the mission to reduce child injury, death, and disability in Arkansas through service, education, innovative research, and advocacy. Through the Building Consensus for Safer Teen Driving program, an IPC research team is evaluating the effectiveness of a parent/teen driving contract in reducing preventable motor vehicle-related injuries in young drivers and passengers.
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July 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Dr. Bradley Phillips is named Director of Pediatric Burn Surgery and director of the Burn Fellowship Program.
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July 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The Blue Baby study published 63 years ago, made an encore appearance in JAMA.
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July 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
johns Hopkins University has launched a program designed to increase the supply of and demand for healthy food items at local convenience stores.
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June 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Cincinnati
Kids in East Price Hill have a safe place to play thanks to the efforts of local volunteers and IFCK Cincinnati.
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June 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Office
A Little Rock teenager is working to make sure no other teens face the challenges he has experienced. He lost his sister in a car crash two years ago, and he shared his story with Fox 16 TV.
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May 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Legislation was signed into law that will save more children's lives in Maryland.
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April 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Hartford
Funding from Allstate Foundation allows Connecticut Children’s Medical Center project to improve teen safety behind the wheel.
Students at Jonathan Law High School in Milford became the first in the state to use a computer-based virtual driver training simulator Tuesday morning. The equipment will be back at the school for three months next year as part of a pilot project initiated by Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Allstate Foundation to help students understand the rules of the road and recognize and develop appropriate responses to typical driving hazards.
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April 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids - Atlanta receive the 2007 Community Service Certificate of Recognition. With gratitude for your commitment and dedication to the health, education, and welfare of your community. They receive a award of $1500.00 to purchase restraint systems.
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April 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The child booster seat bill overcame the last hurdle and passed the Senate on a vote of 38 to 9.
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April 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Office
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March 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Los Angeles (Children's)
The trauma department’s Injury Prevention branch at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is on the move! On Monday, the 3rd of March, CHLA hosted a county wide ‘kick off’ event at the Center for Healthy Families, California Endowment. Representatives from various organizations came together in an effort to build relationships while brainstorming on injury prevention projects that could be rolled out across the county of Los Angeles.
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March 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The 19th annual MIX 106.5 Radiothon for the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has raised a record $1.1 million during its four-day marathon broadcast, bringing the total raised to date to more than $11.6 million.
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February 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Hartford
Keeping Teenagers Alive
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By MAGDALENE PEREZ
The Hartford Courant
Dr. Brendan Campbell still remembers the first time he saw a teenage driver die on the operating table. It was a spring night in 1996, and a 16-year-old had crashed his pickup truck into a tree. Doctors rushed the boy into the emergency room about midnight, but there was little they could do.
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February 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Killings in Baltimore City found more likely than in Maryland and the U.S. as a whole.
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February 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Routine drills key to strengthening life-saving “first responder instincts”
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February 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Office
Barbara Barlow, MD is scheduled to receive the Fifth Annual Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health.
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February 2008
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Office
Families hurt by Katrina are getting help from the Injury Free Coalition for Kids® and the Allstate Foundation.
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November 2007
Hopkins center Receives Injury Prevention Award
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October 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Denver
Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Ft. Lupton, in partnership with The Children’s Hospital and the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute is pleased to be a grant recipient of the “Saving Kids Lives – One Child Safety Seat at a Time” Campaign through the Colorado State Patrol and Child Passenger Safety Team Colorado.
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October 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Daily television viewing for two or more hours in early childhood can lead to behavioral problems and poor social skills in young children.
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September 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 - INJURY FREE COALITION FOR KIDS OF ATLANTA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNORS OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY
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September 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Johns Hopkins receives $100 million spread over 5 years.
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September 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Denver
Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Ft. Lupton, in partnership with The Children’s Hospital and the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute is pleased to be a recipient of the Community Health Investment Program (CHIP) grant through Platte Valley Medical Center. Money from CHIP is distributed by the CHIP Committee in the form of grants to support community organizations involved in health-related projects or programs.
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September 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Over the past decade, millions of pieces of children's jewelry, toys, furniture, clothing and child-related items have been recalled by the CPSC.
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September 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
IFCK Baltimore has designed a fire prevention curriculum to train community residents.
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September 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Suicide rates for teens and young adultts jumped 8 percent in 2004 as doctors prescribed few antidepressants.
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August 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Children's Center is number 3 in new U.S. News & World report pediatric hospital rankings.
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August 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
FaSTER RIDES EXERT STRESS ON PEOPLE AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMATIC CHANGES IN CARDIAC RHYTHMS.
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August 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Community Hero Award to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC).
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July 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Infants and young children living in Baltimore's inner-city are at risk for serious injuries.
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July 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The Johns Hopkins Hospital tops U.S. News & World Report 'Honor Roll"" 17TH Year in a row.
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July 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The amount of UV radiation that kids soak up may determine their risk of skin cancer as adults.
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June 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
When the new children's hospital opens in the spring of 2011, it will be called the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center at johns Hopkins.
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May 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Childhood strokes liked to whiplash and other traumatic injuries.
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April 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
The United Nations has designated April 23rd to April 29thj as Global Safety Week. Millions of Advocates are Mobilizing Globally to Increase Teen Seat Belt Use Everywhere, Every Trip
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April 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
Lawn mower injuries are a seasonal threat to children and are the leading cause of amputations in adolescents.
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April 2007
Hopkins Ranked in the Top Tier of Medical Schools by U.S. News & World Report
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March 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The Constellation Energy Group has donated $1 million toward the creation of a new pediatric burn center at the new children's center that is under construction.
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March 2007
Allstate and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids are working together to build 5 playground sites in 2007. Click more to view details.
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March 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The CARES Safety Center to Receive National Injury Prevention Award
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January 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
$5 Million gift will name Johns Hopkins Child Health Building for Trustee Rubenstein.
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January 2007
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Miami
El Nuevo Herald by Alejandra Chaparro
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October 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
(WJZ) Baltimore, MD The Johns Hopkins Children's Center has been named Baltimore's regional pediatric burn center by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). Under the new designation, the Children's Center will care for all burn victims under the age of 15 in the State of Maryland and surrounding communities, while the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center will remain the state-designated burn center for adults.
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October 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
INJURY FREE COALITION FOR KIDS OF ATLANTA
CAR SEAT DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURE
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October 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
TIPS TO GETTING A CAR SEAT FOR A CHILD
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August 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Cincinnati
Wendy Pomerantz, MD, associate professor, Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital has been appointed by Governor Bob Taft to the Ohio Emergency Medical Services Board. She is the only pediatric representative on the board.
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July 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Prevention topics and provides valuable resources to expecting moms; Cuidad Los Nino’s: Keeping the Children Safe Occupant Safety Program concentrates its efforts more specifically on Child Passenger Safety. Donna Childress - Program Assistant reports that “Although other injury prevention information is disseminated to parents and caregiver’s who attend we are really focusing on delivering child passenger safety education because of the 95% misuse rate in Georgia and try to limit information provided to this injury topic for these classes.”
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July 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta Receives Recognition for Serving Over 700 Local Seniors and Youth in Urban Safety and Survival Campaign in partnership with Atlanta Fire and Rescue
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June 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Cincinnati
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March 2006
Allstate and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids are working together to build 5 playground sites in 2006. Click more to view details.
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March 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Columbus
Gary Smith, MD, director, Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) at Columbus Children's Hospital has received the 2006 Champion of Children Award. The award was sponsored by the Columbus Montessori Education Center and presented by Cardinal Health.
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February 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The Johns Hopkins Energy Work Team and IFCK Baltimore Making a Difference.
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February 2006
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle
Brittany Blue, Injury Free-Seattle's Child Passenger Safety Coordinator, writes an important op-ed in conjunction with National Child Passenger Safety Week.
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December 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle
Injury Free staff Sarah Rafton, MSW, has been chosen to oversee development of the new Children's Hospital Center for Diversity.
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November 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta Receives Grant Award of $128,500 from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Get the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, & WHEN
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November 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
On September 21, 2005 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees members visited the Grady Health System. The Grady Health System is home to two of its funded programs: the Urgent Matters Program, which focuses on emergency room improvement, administered by the acclaimed Dr. Leon Haley and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta, a local site of the national dissemination of a model injury prevention program for children & adolescents; a $15-million national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation® (RWJF) to reduce and prevent injuries to children.
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September 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle
Dr. Linda Quan, co-PI of Injury Free - Seattle, was profiled as one of Seattle's Top Doctors in the September 2005 issue of Seattle Magazine. The highly regarded regional magazine recognized Dr. Quan's important work in emergency medicine and drowning prevention.
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August 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta welcomes new Research Coordinator.
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June 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Lexington
Is There a Gun Where Your Child Plays?
UK health professionals urge parents to “ASK”
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June 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Lexington
Is There a Gun Where Your Child Plays?
UK health professionals urge parents to “ASK”
LEXINGTON, KY. (June 21, 2005) − Child safety experts at the University of Kentucky are urging all parents to participate in the ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Campaign to ask their neighbors if they have a gun in the home and if it is safely stored before sending their child over to play. National Ask Day 2005 is June 21.
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June 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock
Dr. Mary Aitken, the director for Injury Free Coalition for Kids at Little Rock, discusses the dangers of ATVs with KARK New Channel 4.
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June 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock
While riding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) can be a fun recreational activity, they can also be a great danger to children when operated incorrectly. Healthcare professionals at Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) caution parents to take the necessary precautions to keep their children safe and healthy.
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June 2005
Allstate and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids are working together to build 6 playground sites in 2005. Click more to view details.
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June 2005
You could call it "Minnesota Idol" -- but instead of voting for singers, Minnesotans are being asked to vote for lifesavers.
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May 2005
Biker Learns Helmet Lesson
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May 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock
Strike Out Child Passenger Injury is getting ready for continuation of pilot studies.
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May 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock
Mary Aitken, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, testified March 22 on behalf of the Academy before the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) seeking national safety standards for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). The standards would include banning the sale of adult-size ATVs for use by children younger than 16 years of age.
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April 2005
The Portland Injury Free Coalition for Kids at Oregon Health & Science University will join the Pier Park Playground Safety Group and other North Portland neighborhood organizations in celebrating National Playground Safety Week during a free community event. Activities include arts and crafts for children, games, food, and playground safety presentations.
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April 2005
School bus driver offers condolences to kindergartner's family. A fund has been set up for Kong's family. Donations can be dropped off at any Western Bank. Also, checks to the Kong Meng Vang Family Relief Fund can be sent to Western Bank, P.O. Box 64689, St. Paul, MN 55164.
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April 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock
A couple of Saturdays ago, 12-year-old Chad House, who’s just under 5 feet tall, climbed on top of his grandfather’s 400 Arctic Cat all-terrain vehicle, started off down a gravel road and drove right into Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s statistics on ATV injuries among children.
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March 2005
Dr. Mary Aiken of the Injury Fee Coalition for Kids of Arkansas is working to make sure that ATV safety efforts receive national support...
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March 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock
JASPER- Newton County leads the state in the number of reports of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accidents resulting in injuries, many of them involving children. So, a group of investigating physicians from Arkansas Children’s Hospital and UAMS wants to conduct a study to see if a community-based education campaign will result in a decline in the accident rate.
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March 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock
TUESDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Serious accidents involving children riding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are a growing problem, with a new study finding hospitalization for such injuries jumping nearly 80 percent between 1997 and 2000
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February 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Lexington
Injury Free Coalition for Kids participates in Child Passenger Safety week events.
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February 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Lexington
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January 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Detroit
Like the article in the “About Children Magazine”, from Children’s Hospital of Michigan stated. “Although there was a giant ribbon wrapped around the shiny, new Little Tikes® playscape, the energetic children from Bennett Elementary School in southwest Detroit could not resist sneaking under it to explore their new playground”.
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January 2005
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Local Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) of Atlanta leaders attended the Annual National Conference held each year by the National Program Office of IFCK. This year the event was held again in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida at Pier 66 from Dec 3-5. A well planned event as usual created opportunities to network, learn, and become recharged in our efforts to reduce injury. This year’s participants attending representing the Atlanta site were Barbara Pettit, MD - Principal Investigator, Ana Everett, MPA – Injury Free Coalition for Kids-Atlanta @ Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital Program Director and Coalition Partner - Amanda Cadore, representing Safety Street Georgia our Pedestrian Safety Partner.
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December 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Denver
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November 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Denver
Keeping kids safe while riding in automobiles, preventing falls, and keeping kids safe at home --- these are the safety issues members of the Fort Lupton, CO community have identified as their biggest priorities for educating families about how to keep their children safe. With these priorities in mind, The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute (KPTI) will be working with the community to address these safety issues over the next several years.
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October 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
IFCK Philadelphia has recently partnered with the Community Nursing Advocacy Fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to enhance the education of nurses in the clinical setting by incorporating their skills with the outreach work of our site, in addition to encouraging the nurses to effectively advocate for not only an individual child and family, but as well as all children in the community.
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September 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
RESIDENCY ADVOCACY TOURS: Exploring West Philadelphia’s community treasures, resources, and historical experiences.
For the past 18 months, Delores Capers, Assistant Project Coordinator, has been conducting tours throughout West and Southwest Philadelphia to CHOP residency physicians and most recently for nurses in the Nursing Advocacy Fellowship Program.
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September 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
Keep updated with all of Injury Free Philadelphia's presentation and conference posters. View our posters for ideas, education, and information, and don't hesitate to contact us with any questions.
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July 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
Recently, IFCK Philadelphia's Delores Capers was featured with many prominent members of our West Philadelphia community during a celebration event designed to draw positive attention to restaurants that encourage healthy eating along parts of the commercial corridor located along 52nd Street.
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July 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Peoria
Oak Park youth suffers kidney, rib and spleen damage in recent crash.
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June 2004
Allstate and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids are working together to build 5 playground sites in 2004. Click more to view details.
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June 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
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April 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Atlanta @ Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital 2004/2005 Strategic Planning Retreat held March 26, 2004.
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March 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Peoria
Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Receives Three-Year $161,000 Grant Toward Preventing Childhood Injuries
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January 2004
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester
Every spring, local doctors Anne Brayer and Lynn
Babcock Cimpello treat one or two toddlers who have plummeted from an
open window after the winter storm windows have been removed but before
the summer screens have gone up.
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October 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Office
The National Library of Medicine recognizes Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Director Barbara Barlow as a moving force helping to change the face of medicine.
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September 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle
SEATTLE, WA – Schuck’s Auto Supply, one of the largest auto parts retailers in the Western U.S., will present a $6160 check on Wednesday night, Sept 10 to Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle. Both organizations will use the money to purchase car seats and booster seats for needy families in the Seattle area. The check presentation ceremony will take place at home plate during the Mariners game.
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September 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
As a pediatrician and medical director of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta, Terri McFadden, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, has treated her share of childhood injuries. Yet many of them, she says, can often be avoided if parents become more aware of what can be done to prevent injuries from occurring. Now as many children prepare to head back to school, Dr. McFadden offers several tips on how parents can keep their children safe and injury-free.
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August 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
The annual Summer Safety Camp sponsored by the Injury Free Coalition For Kids-Atlanta at Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital was a great success this year. This year we partnered with the Frank Ski Kids Foundation to provide Metropolitan Atlanta area children with important health and safety information. The Summer Safety Camp was featured during a live broadcast of the Frank Ski Morning Show on WVEE, V103-FM, from Greenbriar Mall's - Magic Johnson Movie Theatre Tuesday morning, June 10. The camp offered fun and informative activities on topics ranging from bicycle, fire and home safety, violence prevention, pedestrian safety, and occupant safety.
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July 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Worcester, MA
The AAP recently accepted the Worcester chapter's paper on their medical school clerkship program for presentation at the 2003 National Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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July 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle
On June 21st Odessa Brown Children's Clinic hosted a community health fair. I was there as part of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle, with information about child passenger safety and water safety.
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April 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
Here is an archive of IFCK Philadelphia's quarterly newsletter distributed throughout the West Philadelphia community.
- Safety Newz, Volume 3, Page 1
- Safety Newz, Volume 3, Page 2
- Safety Newz, Volume 2, Page 1
- Safety Newz, Volume 2, Page 2
- Safety Newz, Volume 1, Page 1
- Safety Newz, Volume 1, Page 2
- Home and Safe -- Injury Free Philadelphia Newsletter, Fall 2002
- Home and Safe -- Injury Free Philadelphia Newsletter, May 2002
April 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids partners with Atlanta Workforce Development Agency and creates a Summer Youth Injury Prevention Health Educator Team. We recieved and award of over $15,000.00 to cover the placement cost of these young people for a 6 week period. Now that is empowerment.
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April 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Atlanta Does Interview for Tu Vida TV: Educating Hispanic Families on the coalition services and programs.
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March 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
The Helmets for High Risk Riders program has been a signature helmet safety activity of IFCK Philadelphia since 2000. Through this program, children who come to the Hospital emergency department as a result of an injury while cycling, skate boarding, or scootering receive a personally fitted helmet as well as developmentally appropriate education on safe riding and playing strategies. In the summer of 2002, David Holtzman added a survey to the program to collect information on the attitudes children and their parents have about helmet use, and nonuse.
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February 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) of Philadelphia is embarking on a new community intervention with Drs. Evaline Alessandrini, Fran Nadel, Elizabeth Alpern, and Sarah Moerschel of Children's Hospital Emergency Department to improve basic medical care for West Philadelphia's children by educating their parents about common childhood illnesses and injuries and the appropriate course of action. The intervention, Caring for Kids: Illnesses and Injuries, is being developed as a result of research by Dr. Alessandrini indicating that West Philadelphia mothers often use emergency departments (EDs) for non-urgent illnesses and injuries that might better be treated in a primary care setting or home.
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February 2003
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
On the night of February 5 the Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) of Philadelphia displayed the photographs of participants in Camera Club this past fall during the Bartram Beacon Open House. The Photo Exhibit was a success with a large turnout for the Open House and many praises from kids, parents, and community officials for the kids' photos. Be sure to check out the Camera Club page under the Programs section of IFCK Philly's site.
Camera Club is gearing up to begin again with another group of kids and some of last fall's "graduates" helping us out also. Keep checking in to our web site for updated Camera Club news and photos.
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November 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of San Antonio
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November 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Baltimore
The Johns Hopkins Children's Center has received a four-year, $213,380
grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish a nationally
recognized pediatric injury prevention program in Baltimore.
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) of Baltimore at Johns Hopkins
University is a hospital-led, community-oriented program that offers
parents and neighbors training and guidance to make communities safer
for children and teenagers. Based at the Johns Hopkins Children's
Center, Injury Free Baltimore is a partnership between the Children's
Center's Pediatric Trauma Service and Children's Safety Center, the Center for
Injury Research and Policy at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and
East Baltimore community groups, with support from the City of
Baltimore.
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October 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
In collaboration with the Division of Emergency Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, IFCK Philadelphia conducted a randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of an emergency department based home safety intervention on knowledge and practices related to home safety.
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October 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
Modeled after the Shoot with Cameras not Guns program of IFCK Los Angeles, IFCK Philadelphia has developed a Camera Club that is going to be working with 3rd and 4th graders at the Bartram Beacon After School Program in West Philadelphia.
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October 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia
Over the past three and a half years, the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Philadelphia has distributed safety helmets to children of West Philadelphia through two avenues. Children brought to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for a bicycle-related injury (or other wheeled-vehicle-related injury such as rollerblades- or scooter-related) are identified, educated on the effectiveness of helmets and safe riding behaviors, and provided with a fitted helmet. Recently, this program, called Helmets for High Risk Riders, has expanded to provide an even more effective system of identifying and intervening with eligible children by involving nurses as educators and helmet providers. Since 2000, over 400 children injured while riding a bicycle, scooter, or rollerblades have received a helmet before going home through Helmets for High Risk Riders.
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October 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle is a new hospital-community partnership focused on reducing childhood injury in neighborhoods throughout the city. Based at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, the Coalition is a partnership between Harborview Medical Center, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, and Public Health-Seattle & King County, and the community.
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August 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Saturday, August 24, 2002 was a great day for the Injury Free Coalition For Kids-Atlanta site. On this sweltering day in August, 400 children were afforded the opportunity to have a safe, local playground that is critical to their social and physical development. The playground was built in the University Homes Community, a public housing facility that houses more than 400 children. The area around University Homes is virtually land locked; it is surrounded on all sides by the colleges that form the Atlanta University Center. There were no parks, playgrounds, or recreational areas within walking distance of this community. The lack of recreational areas, the socioeconomic status of the residents, and the high number of children created an environment in which children and parents had limited recreational and play options. The children and parents, were therefore, forced to create their own play space which was usually located in the streets surrounding the community which were frequented by heavy commuter traffic. Due to the demographics and the rate of death from injury among children ages 1-15, the University Homes Community demonstrated a dire need for a safe, contained play space for its residents.
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June 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Miami
Source: Gail Epstein Nieves
In 1999, Dr. Judy Schaechter - a University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital pediatrician - helped found Not One More, a coalition of leaders in social service, religion, health care, media and education circles dedicated to preventing youth deaths by gunfire.Schaechter, 36, was outraged by the number of young people whose lives were cut short or changed forever - forced to breathe with respirators, hooked up to catheters, unable to move - because of gun violence. Her patients included...
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January 2002
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free - Atlanta has been awarded two AmeriCorps VISTA to expand organization's capacity to solve community problems related to Injury Prevention of Children/Youth and Outreach to the Hispanic Community.
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December 2001
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
A number of Atlanta families now have the tools and knowledge of how to make sure their children do not fall victim to the number one killer and cause of hospitalization for young people. During a special baby shower sponsored by the Allstate Foundation, the Injury Free Coalition for Kidssm, and the hospital, representatives from 60 families gathered at Hughes Spalding Hospital of Grady Health System to learn about home safety and how to make sure their children are properly transported in motor vehicles.
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December 2001
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA - The Injury Free Coalition for Kids and The Allstate Foundation join Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital today to launch a nationwide effort to educate families about ways they can reduce childhood injuries, the leading cause of death and hospitalization for children.
"The Safe At Home And On The Road with Allstate" national campaign kicks-off at 10am with a "Baby Safety Shower" at Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital. Expectant mothers and caregivers were invited to attend and will receive "Safe at Home and on the Road with Allstate" kits, a child safety seat and instructions on how to make their homes and vehicles safe for children.
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April 2001
To help reduce preventable injuries to children, the leading cause of childhood morbidity, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded a 15-month $534,000 grant to the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). The grant will be used to work with the Injury Free Coalition for Kids to expand their successful hospital-based injury prevention program to children's hospitals across the country.
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January 1900
Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Ft. Lupton, in partnership with The Children’s Hospital and the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute is pleased to be a recipient of the Community Health Investment Program (CHIP) grant through Platte Valley Medical Center. Money from CHIP is distributed by the CHIP Committee in the form of grants to support community organizations involved in health-related projects or programs.
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January 1900
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
INJURY FREE COALITION FOR KIDS – ATLANTA NUMBERS INCREASE FOR CUIDAD LOS NINO’S: KEEPING THE CHILDREN SAFE OCCUPANT SAFETY PROGRAM
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January 1900
Injury Free Coaltion for Kids of Atlanta Continues to Receive Grant from the Governors Office of Hig
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January 1900
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta of the Grady Health System is a proud national partner of the 2005 Covering Kids & Families Back-to-School Campaign. “With more than 8.4 million uninsured children in the United States, this effort to enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and inform parents about these available health care coverage programs and is more urgent than ever before,” said Ana Everett, MPA Injury Free Coalition for Kids Program Coordinator.
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January 1900
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Lexington
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