January 2025
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Monthly Spotlight: Something to Keep Your Eye On!
Resource Spotlight: Fireplace Safety Infographic
Now that the colder weather has arrived, it is time to start talking about fireplace safety. During the winter months, many families use fireplaces to add warmth and comfort to their home but aren’t always aware of the potential risks. Gas fireplaces may look safe but the glass doors can reach dangerously high temperatures. Since children younger than six years old have thinner, more delicate skin than adults, this means they can get a serious burn in less than a second if they touch one of these surfaces.
To help prevent these injuries, Safe Kids Worldwide has created a guide with practical tips for parents and caregivers. It includes advice such as using safety gates around fireplaces and keeping fireplace remote controls out of children’s reach. Protect your little ones while enjoying the warmth of your fireplace this winter. Check out the full guide and connect with Safe Kids on X, Instagram, Facebook, or their website for more safety tips.
Prevent Child Injury Plans for 2025
We will be spending the first few months of 2025 reviewing content and making some updates to our website to ensure we are providing you with the most current and up-to-date information and functionality.
Our first toolkit outreach week of the year will be the week of May 19 – 25th on Button Batteries. As a member, you will get advanced access to this toolkit. Mark the date on your calendar and keep an eye out for more details!
We are also excited to release the first half of our 2025 Social Media Calendars. Both versions contain a list of Prevent Child Injury’s weekly social media topics and links to existing toolkits. To keep our social media calendar timely, we are releasing it in two parts, with the second half planned for release in May.
As an extra benefit, the calendar version includes a more complete list of injury prevention public health observances and outreach campaigns. We ask that you join us in our efforts by using your social media accounts to discuss the same weekly topics. By doing this, we will be able to amplify our message about child injury prevention.
Prevent Child Injury Webinar: Practical Tips for Using AI for Your Injury Prevention Outreach
Join the Prevent Child Injury team on Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET for a webinar about how to use AI for your injury prevention outreach. We'll show you how to:
Explore specific AI tools and techniques to use for social media and content creation
Identify best practices for integrating AI into existing communication workflows to effectively engage your audience while maintaining message accuracy and relevance
Details & Registration
Please forward this announcement to others in your networks and let us know if you have questions, comments, or feedback at info@PreventChildInjury.org.
Coming Up
On Our Social Media Calendar
Jan. 6 - Jan. 12: Product Recalls
Jan. 13 - 19: Outdoor Winter Activities Safety
Jan. 20 - Jan. 26: National Passenger Safety Week
Jan. 27 - Feb. 2: Home Safety in the Winter*
Feb. 3 - Feb. 9: National Burn Awareness Week
*New social media content will be available!
Events
Event: Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month
Date: January 1-31, 2025
Winter sports can be dangerous, specifically regarding the risk of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). January is Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month, and now is a good time to remember that a TBI can happen to anyone and that you can help prevent them.
Webinar: How to Secure Federal Funding for Biking, Walking, and Safe Routes to School
Hosted by: Safe Routes Partnership
Date/Time: January 15, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Ready to make biking, walking, and Safe Routes to School safer and more accessible in your community? Don’t miss this informational webinar on upcoming federal funding opportunities to support these efforts!
The webinar will focus on two key funding sources: Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) and the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). This webinar is open to everyone, and while the focus will be on Pennsylvania, the tips and strategies shared will be helpful no matter where you’re located in the country.
Details & Registration
Webinar: Virtual Monthly Child Passenger Safety Class
Hosted by: Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Date/Time: January 15, 2025, 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Are you a parent or caregiver looking to ensure your child's safety while on the road? Join Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt for their Virtual Monthly Child Passenger Safety Class! This online event is designed to educate you on the proper ways to secure your child in a car seat or booster seat. Their certified instructors will cover topics such as selecting the right car seat, installing it correctly, and common mistakes to avoid.
Details & Registration
Event: National Passenger Safety Week
Date: January 20-27, 2025
We Save Lives and the National Road Safety Foundation launched The National Passenger Safety Campaign, bringing together 60 other organizations that believe that it’s time to focus on the passenger, and not just the driver. The goal is to promote safe driving practices and prevent unsafe ones by empowering passengers to SPEAK UP when their lives are in danger due to a reckless driver. National Passenger Safety Week is now an ongoing event, the last week in January of every year.
Webinar: Data Driven Storytelling in Child Safety
Hosted by: Children's Safety Network
Date/Time: January 23, 2025, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Join the Children's Safety Network for the first State Technical Assistance Webinar (STAW) of 2025. This STAW will be the 3rd in a series of Workforce Development topics.
The webinar will focus on how to plan and leverage data driven storytelling in child safety across the social ecological model. Examples will include data visualizations, storyboards, and case studies.
Details & Registration
Webinar: SAVIR Winter Methods Spotlight: "Unlocking Insights: The Pediatric National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System"
Hosted by: SAVIR
Date/Time: January 23, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET
The Pediatric National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (Pediatric NFR-CRS) is a web-based data collection tool for fatality review teams. The system allows teams to document standardized data about individual deaths, including the social and community risk factors that may have impacted the death. When these data are analyzed over time, significant risk factors or patterns in child injury and safety can be identified. Join SAVIR for a session that will highlight the broad range of research done using these data and share the data dissemination process currently available to researchers.
Details & Registration
Webinar: Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in IVP
Hosted by: Safe States Alliance
Date/Time: January 28, 2025, 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. ET
Join the Safe States Alliance for a two-part learning series focused on artificial intelligence (AI) leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline your work processes as practitioners in injury and violence prevention (IVP). Recent findings from the Safe States IVP Infrastructure Survey highlight that research and technological advancements—particularly in data collection and the utilization of AI—are among the top opportunities for advancement in the IVP field, these sessions invite you to explore the topic more with your peers.
Details & Registration
Event: Safe States Alliance Injury & Violence Prevention (IVP) Communications Open Forum
Date/Time: January 30, 2025, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Safe States has collected preliminary information on the communications needs of the IVP field and has identified a need for focused IVP communications resources. “Communications” is an all-encompassing word; it is the words, date/information, and graphics we use to describe IVP and educate a variety of audiences.
This forum's purpose is to determine what products would be most helpful to fill that need for our members and partners and reach a consensus on my current research. That includes clarifying the products' audience, purpose, and types. The results of this forum will spur the creation of materials and associated Technical Assistance.
