Presenter Profile
Marisol Nieves, LMSW, CPST
UTHealth Houston
McGovern Medical School
Marisol.nieves@uth.tmc.edu
Marisol Nieves serves as the Program Coordinator for the Pediatric Injury Prevention Program at UTHealth Houston in the Texas Medical Center. She obtained her master’s degree in social work with a focus on children and families and leads community initiatives centered on child passenger safety, firearm safety, program development, and injury prevention education. Marisol is an active member of several advocacy groups, including her county’s Child Fatality Review Team and the National Association of Social Workers. She also collaborates with the Houston Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program, the Texas Violence and Injury Prevention Center, and Injury Free Coalition for Kids. In her role, she has organized large-scale outreach events such as distribution of firearm safety locks, drowning prevention, annual helmet distributions and National Injury Prevention Day activities. In addition to her program coordination work, Marisol engages in social work clinical practice, providing trauma-informed support to individuals navigating depression, anxiety, and family dynamics. She is dedicated to advancing public health and strengthening the safety and well-being of children and families.
Presentations
Making your Dollar Stretch in Injury Prevention Programming
Melissa Kwan, MD, FAAP
Sandra McKay, MD, FAAP
Sarah Beth Abbott, BS, EMT-LP
Marisol Nieves, LMSW, CPST
Funding is a challenge for any project, and recently, it seems to have gotten even more complicated with current cuts to budgets that were once considered consistent. For younger faculty and injury prevention professionals, finding funding is even harder as they are developing their experience and contacts. Despite these obstacles, the need for injury prevention outreach continues. Through this workshop, we’d like to take participants through planning and developing resource ideas for a new project or a program that has been in development.
The first part of the workshop is establishing a topic and framework for a specific project by establishing goals, stakeholders, a target audience, timelines, and outcome measures. We will also share common pitfalls and learning opportunities so that others can avoid these same mistakes. Through group discussion, we will also explore ensuring that program development is as equitable as possible and considers as many unintentional consequences as possible.
The second part of the workshop will focus on exploring funding opportunities through traditional and non-traditional avenues. We will also work on drafting initial communications with potential sponsors and discuss possible institutional restrictions and challenges. The focus will be on smaller capital and deliverable resources for pilot projects with the goal of developing them into long-term or recurrent projects with results that can then be used in future proposals for continued support with larger agencies.
1. Construct the framework for a pilot injury prevention program
2. Determine priorities and potential challenges for a pilot injury prevention program
3. Explore funding and resource opportunities for a pilot injury prevention program