July 2024

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Monthly Spotlight: Something to Keep Your Eye On!

Member Spotlight: Kids and Car Safety

With the summer sun blazing, cars can quickly reach dangerous temperatures. It's important that we keep kids from overheating – especially in hot cars. This month we're spotlighting Kids and Car Safety, a national nonprofit that works to raise awareness about this safety issue.

Kids and Car Safety is a leader in the movement to prevent hot car tragedies. The organization educates parents, caregivers, and the greater public about the dangers of leaving kids in hot cars through public education and awareness programs, policy changes, product redesigning, and more. In June, Kids and Cars organized a visual display featuring 1,086 infant onesies symbolizing the number of children's lives lost in hot cars since 1990 across the street from the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, DC.

Stay connected to Kids and Car Safety by checking out their website, and following them on X, YouTube, and Facebook. Thank you for all you do for child safety!

For more information on heat safety, check out these resources:

NEW! Window Safety Instagram Carousel

Surprise – we've got new content! To accompany our home safety in the summer outreach from July 15 - July 21, we've added a new window safety Instagram carousel to our window falls toolkit page. Feel free to download the carousel and add it to your social media outreach.

Child Passenger Safety Resources

We've added new resources to our child passenger safety toolkit page. Courtesy of Trainees for Child Injury Prevention's #CheckBeforeYouChange Day of Action on May 22, 2024, we've added a Child Passenger Safety Webinar and a social media graphics library in both English and Spanish.

Coming Up

On Our Social Media Calendar
July 1 - July 7: Sun Safety
July 8 - July 14: Boating Safety
July 15 - July 21: Home Safety in the Summer*
July 22 - July 28: Fall Sports and Marching Band Readiness
July 29 - Aug. 4: Outdoor Activities/Camping Safety
Aug. 4 - Aug. 11: Back to School Safety
*New social media content available!

Events

Event: National Fireworks Safety Month
Hosted by: National Fire Protection Association
Date: July 1 - 31, 2024
Each July, the National Fire Protection Association observes National Fireworks Safety Month. Thousands of people, most often children and teens, are injured while using consumer fireworks. Despite the dangers of fireworks, few people understand the associated risks - devastating burns, other injuries, fires, and even death.

Event: UV Safety Month
Hosted by: American Academy of Dermatology Association
Date: July 1 - 31, 2024
During UV Safety Month, the American Academy of Dermatology Association raises awareness that UV is the root cause of most skin cancers and encourage the public to take precautions. The AAD recommends that the public #PracticeSafeSun the year-round by following three simple steps while outdoors:

  • Seek shade when appropriate

  • Wear sun-protective clothing

  • Apply a broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher
     

Share-My-Screen Series 2: Advanced Content Creation, Advanced Canva design tools
Hosted by: Center for Injury Research, Translation, & Communication
Date/Time: July 11, 2024, 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. ET
Looking to expand your communications skills? Join the Share-My-Screen series every month to learn how to more effectively share information about public health and research. Each session in the Share-My-Screen Series will feature 15-20 minutes of live demonstrations followed by open Q&A. Details & Registration


Webinar: Planning for Integrating Health Equity in Child Safety
Hosted by: Children's Safety Network
Date/Time: July 18, 2024, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Please join the Children's Safety Network on July 18, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET for the next State Technical Assistance Webinar (STAW). This STAW will be the third in a series of QI 101 topics. During the July STAW, CSN will focus on how to develop a health equity plan for child safety, with a particular focus on assessing and using data to inform areas of greatest need, readiness, aims, and programmatic focus. Details & Registration

Event: World Drowning Prevention Day
Hosted by: American Heart Association
Date: July 25, 2024
World Drowning Prevention Day is held annually on 25 July. This global advocacy event serves as an opportunity to highlight the tragic and profound impact of drowning on families and communities and offer life-saving solutions to prevent it.

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