March 2024
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Monthly Spotlight: Something to Keep Your Eye On!
March 17-23, 2024 is National Poison Prevention Week. Sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), this week brings together public health and safety advocates across the country to raise awareness about poison prevention. Throughout the week, share poison prevention information and tips with the communities you serve, and use the hashtag #NPPW2024 to join the conversation online. HRSA offers a variety of media and publicity resources to help you in your outreach efforts, and we have additional poison prevention resources in our toolkits on Laundry Detergent Packets, Liquid Nicotine, and Medication Safety!
We want your feedback!
We're thinking of making some changes to Prevent Child Injury, but first, we want to hear from you. We're looking for feedback from our membership and those who use our materials to learn what you like about our program, what you might change about our program, and a little bit more about who you are as an individual or organization.
We've created a survey to collect this information that should only take 5-10 minutes to complete. Follow this link to give your input: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GHMB6D6.
To thank you for giving us feedback, we'd like to offer you a chance to win a $25 Visa gift card. You'll have a chance to provide your information at the end of the survey and enter the raffle. The survey will close on Monday, March 11th at 5 p.m. ET.
Have you found us on Instagram yet?
One of our goals for 2024 was to join the injury prevention space on Instagram. 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
Coming Up
On Our Social Media Calendar
March 4 - March 10: Spring Break Safety
March 11 - March 17: Brain Injury Awareness Month
March 18 - March 24: National Poison Prevention Week
March 25 - March 31: National Athletic Training Month
April 1 - April 7: National Public Health Week; National Window Safety Week
Events
Event: National Athletic Training Month
Date: March 1 - 31, 2024
National Athletic Training Month (NATM) is held every March in order to spread awareness about the important work of athletic trainers. In addition to providing logos, posters, press releases, sample media alerts and PR toolkits, NATA also hosts several virtual engagement opportunities during the month-long celebration.
Event: Brain Injury Awareness Month
Date: March 1 - 31, 2024
Every March, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month. This year, the BIAA has exciting new developments for the brain injury community, including a new awareness campaign, advocacy initiatives, events, fundraising opportunities, new publications, and more.
Event: National Poison Prevention Week
Date: March 18 - 24, 2024
National Poison Prevention Week raises awareness of poison prevention nationwide during the third full week of March every year. The week is an opportunity to highlight the dangers of poisonings for people of all ages and promote community involvement in poisoning prevention.
Webinar: State Technical Assistance Webinar 4 - QI 101: Establishing SMARTIE Aims
Hosted by: Children's Safety Network
Date: March 21, 2024, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Join the Children's Safety Network for their first in a series of QI 101 topics: Establishing SMARTIE Aims. Details & registration.
Webinar: Improving Consistency of Child Maltreatment Identification for Sleep-Related SUID
Hosted by: National Center for Fatality Review & Prevention
Date: March 21, 2024, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
For sleep-related SUIDs, determining through CDR if child maltreatment contributed to the death is complex and often inconsistent. This webinar will discuss guidelines that were developed to help CDR teams more consistently and equitably classify child maltreatment for sleep-related SUIDs. CDR coordinators and team members are the key audiences for this webinar. Details & registration.