June 2022
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June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. Recent events have made this issue even more visible, and parents and caregivers are looking for ways to protect their children from firearm-related injuries. With many firearm injuries happening in homes, it’s critical to know the environment children are spending time in before sending them to others’ homes for visits, parties, and play dates. Our new Firearm Safety: ASK Day toolkit, now available to the public, focuses on encouraging families to ask about gun storage in homes their children visit. The toolkit contains a customizable press release, newsletter/blog article, social media posts, graphics, and links to additional resources which provide more information about safer storage of firearms and how to ask about how they're stored in the home.
The coordinated outreach week for this toolkit is next week, June 13-19, 2022 and includes a webinar featuring a panel of experts on gun safety (details below). If you haven't done so already, please take some time to add firearm safety to your social media and outreach plans and share this email with others who care about children and firearm safety.
Toolkit link: https://www.preventchildinjury.org/toolkits/Firearm-Safety-ASK-Day
Prevent Child Injury Webinar: How to Ask Others About Guns in Their Home
As a part of our toolkit outreach week, join experts Dr. Lois Lee, Dr. Alison Culyba, Dr. Terri McFadden, Dr. Brian Eichner, and Moms Demand Action’s Julvonnia McDowell, on Thursday, June 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET for a conversation about how to ask others about firearms in the home. This is a FREE event, but registration is required. Click here to register, and click here to download the promotional graphic.
Summer Media Institute
Effective communication in public health has never been more important. In today’s crowded media climate, it can be challenging to break through to the audience you are trying to reach. Come learn the skills you need to share research, promote programs, and create safer, healthier communities through the media and social media.
The Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is hosting a virtual 3-day Summer Media Institute for public health professionals July 12-14, 2022. The workshop presenters have been featured in media outlets around the world and have created local and national outreach campaigns. Their expertise includes behind-the-scenes media planning, on-air interviews, working with reporters, and using social media for public health.
Ten (10) entry-level CECH credits are available for CHES members.
Date: July 12-14, 2022
Time: 1-5 p.m. ET
Details and Registration
Prevent Child Injury will be raffling off one FREE scholarship to a lucky member to attend all three days! If you are interested in attending this training, please send us an email at info@preventchildinjury.org before 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, July 8th and we will randomly select a winner. If you are selected, we will contact you and connect you with an individual from Nationwide Children’s Hospital to guide you through the registration process.
Coming Up
On Our Twitter Calendar
May 30 - June 5: National Safety Month
June 6 - June 12: Home Safety Month
June 13 - June 19: Outreach Week - Firearm Safety: ASK Day
June 20 - 26: ATV Safety
June 27 - July 3: National Fireworks Safety Month
Events
Event: National Safety Month
Hosted by: National Safety Council
Date/Time: June 1-30, 2022
Join the National Safety Council in June for National Safety Month—the annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to any place.
Event: National CPR and AED Awareness Week
Hosted by: American Heart Association
Date/Time: June 1-7, 2022
June 1-7 each year is National CPR and AED Awareness Week, spotlighting how lives can be saved if more Americans know CPR and how to use an AED. Did you know about 70 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in homes? If you are called on to give CPR in an emergency, you will most likely be trying to save the life of someone you love. Be the difference for your parent, spouse, or child. What if it were them?
Event: National Gun Violence Awareness Day & Wear Orange Weekend
Hosted by: Everytown for Gun Safety
Date/Time: June 3-5, 2022
In the wake of multiple tragedies, the fight to end gun violence has never been more urgent. During National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend, we join together to demand a future free from gun violence once and for all.
Event: National Hydration Day
Hosted by: SafeTGuard Corporation
Date/Time: June 23, 2022
June 23rd is recognized as National Hydration Day. The day serves as a reminder that drinking purified water consistently is critical for long-term health, and just feeling good each day!