April 2024
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Monthly Spotlight: Something to Keep Your Eye On!
Member Spotlight: National Safety Council
The National Safety Council is a non-profit organization that raises awareness about injury prevention topics through education, outreach, and collaboration with individuals and organizations.
As Distracted Driving Awareness Month is underway this April, the NSC’s Road to Zero Coalition works around-the-clock to reduce traffic fatalities and make roads safer for you and your loved ones. The NSC also hosts various events throughout the month of April to educate drivers on the importance of attentive driving.
The National Safety Council also sponsors Window Safety Week–the first full week in April–to raise awareness of the dangers open windows can pose in the home, and promote steps parents and caregivers can take to make window safety a priority in their home. You can join the conversation online by using the hashtags #WindowSafety or #WindowSafetyWeek.
Join the National Safety Council throughout the month of April to recognize these important public health observances. Connect with them on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and their website!
Thank you for your feedback!
Thank you to everyone who filled out our membership survey last month. We appreciate hearing from you! Congratulations to our raffle winner from the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Hayley Southworth!
Have you found us on Instagram yet?
During the outreach week for our most recent toolkit, we launched our NEW Prevent Child Injury Instagram handle! Connect with us over on Instagram to see what we've been up to: www.instagram.com/preventchildinjury
The Share-My-Screen Series on Health Communications Skills
Looking to expand your communications skills? Join the Center for Injury Research Translation & Communication (CIRTC) for a new series of live monthly trainings on communications tips and best practices to create more effective, polished communications of all types. Each session in the Share-My-Screen Series will feature 15-20 minutes of live demonstrations followed by Q&A. CIRTC will devote three trainings to a topic and then change it up, covering topics like content creation, messaging, and accessibility.
For the first series, CIRTC will focus on the basics of design and show you exactly how to use programs like Canva and PowerPoint to create actionable, accessible visuals and presentations that look great too. Questions and suggestions for communications skills to demonstrate for this series (or a future one) are welcomed at info@cirtc.org. Sessions will be recorded and shared on YouTube. Click here for details & registration.
Coming Up
On Our Social Media Calendar
April 1 - 7: National Public Health Week; National Window Safety Week
April 8 - 14: Spring Sports Safety
April 15 - 21: Distracted Driving Awareness Month
April 22 - 28: National Youth Violence Prevention Week
April 29 - May 5: Heatstroke Prevention/Heat Safety
May 6 - May 12: Outreach Week: Bicycle Safety
Events
Event: Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Hosted by: The National Safety Council
Date: April 1 - 30, 2024
Thousands of people are killed and hundreds of thousands more are seriously injured in distracted driving crashes each year. During Distracted Driving Awareness Month, get free NSC resources to limit these risks and help us create safer roads for all.
Event: National Public Health Week
Hosted by: American Public Health Association
Date: April 1 - 7, 2024
Public health is more than just health care. It's the steps we take to make sure our neighborhoods and environment are free from pollution. It's making sure our food and water are safe to eat and drink. It's also the relationships we foster in our communities. We're all interconnected. When we all come together to support public health, all of us — individuals, families, communities and the public health field — can achieve the goals of public health. APHA is hosting almost a dozen NPHW events this year. They're all free, but registration is required. RSVP today.
Event: National Window Safety Week
Hosted by: The National Safety Council
Date: April 1 - 7, 2024
Window Safety Week, the first full week in April, coincides with the arrival of spring, when people naturally want to open the windows and let in fresh air. The goal of this observance is twofold: for families to understand the role of windows in escaping a fire or other emergency and to learn how to safeguard against window falls.
Event: World Health Day
Date: April 7, 2024
World Health Day is celebrated annually and each year draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world.
Webinar: Share-My-Screen Series: Design
Hosted by: Center for Injury Research, Translation, & Communication
Date: April 11, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET
Join CIRTC for a new series of live, monthly trainings to help researchers and public health professionals learn the communications skills they need for today’s working environment. For the first series, CIRTC will focus on the basics of design and show you exactly how to use programs like Canva and PowerPoint to create actionable, accessible visuals and presentations that look great too. Click here for details & registration.
Webinar: Gender Inclusion in Fatality Review
Hosted by: Center for Fatality Review and Prevention
Date: April 11, 2024, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
In 2022, the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System and accompanying resources were updated to reflect more gender-inclusive language, both for the young people who died and for their parents and caregivers. This webinar will discuss why gender inclusion is important in the context of fatality review and provide action steps for implementing gender-inclusive practices during your fatality review process. Details & Registration
Event: National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Date: April 22-26, 2024
Join youth and teens from across America to take a stand against violence. National Youth Violence Prevention Week is April 22-26, 2024.
Event: #CheckBeforeYouChange Child Passenger Safety Day of Action
Hosted by: Trainees for Child Injury Prevention
Date: May 22, 2024
Save the date! Join T4CIP for their #CheckBeforeYouChange Child Passenger Safety Day of Action on May 22, 2024. The campaign will focus on educating parents and caregivers about the importance of having their child in the right car seat, and what to check before they're ready to change to the next one. Participate in the Day of Action by joining the X Chat from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET, watching the webinar from 2 - 3 p.m. ET, or posting with the #CheckBeforeYouChange hashtag on May 22. Follow T4CIP on Instagram and X for more details!