April 13th, 2020: Falls in the Home

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This week, we will be talking about falls that occur in the home. Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injury for kids in the United States—nearly 8,000 kids are treated for a fall-related injury in the emergency room every day. Right now, while families are in their homes more than ever due to COVID-19, it’s important to address a few of the most common ways that children can fall so that parents can make their homes safer. Here are some links to resources to help get you started.

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COVID-19 Quick Tip

Over the last few weeks, some emergency departments have been seeing an increase in burn injuries primarily occurring in the kitchen. Please share these resources with your peers and your community to raise awareness on this emerging issue.

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Action of the Week

Every Monday, we are promoting a new action that families can take to keep their children safer while social distancing. This week, we are asking families to complete a household safety checklist. These checklists are helpful in identifying hazards in your home that you might not notice. KidsHealth has a checklist for nearly every room in the house and even has one for hazards outside of your home: https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/household-checklist.html

 
 
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Coming Up

Next week’s newsletter will focus on National Youth Sports Safety Month (April 20 - 26), with an emphasis on backyard sports and training at home, and the week after that we’ll be talking about National Playground Safety Week (April 27 - May 1). If you or your organization has any materials or events about these topics that you would like us to promote to our members, please email info@preventchildinjury.org.

In Case You Missed It…

Last week was National Public Health Week, and there were several events that encouraged discussion from individuals and organizations across disciplines. On Monday, April 6th, the NPHW Forum: "NPHW @ 25: The Future of Public Health is Now" discussed public health’s strides in the last 25 years, the challenges of eliminating health disparities, and the imperative to create a more just world. A recording will be posted soon here: http://nphw.org/events/nphw-forum

Prevent Child Injury participated in a Twitter chat to “discuss all things public health, celebrate everything public health has accomplished and talk about where the movement is going” on Wednesday, April 8th. To see the conversation, find @NPHW on Twitter.

 

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April 6th, 2020: Window Safety, National Public Health Week, and World Health Day (April 7th)

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This week, we'll be talking about window safety, which includes window falls and injuries from window blind cords.  Check out our toolkit and these resources from the National Safety Council to spread the word and share important safety tips about this hidden hazard. 

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Child injury is often overlooked during National Public Health Week and World Health Day, especially during a pandemic. With more children spending time in their homes due to school and daycare closures the risk of avoidable injury is high. So, this is an important topic to talk about, potentially now more than ever. 


Prevent Child Injury and many other organizations have recognized this, and have created a collection of resources to share with your community.

  • Bookmark our page on COVID-19 that has links to great resources on this issue from many of our members with new information being added as it comes in. 

  • Continue to use #StayAtHomeSafety when posting on social media. 

Action of the Week

Every Monday, we are promoting a new, simple action that each family can take to keep their children safer while social distancing. This week, we want every family to think about how to keep the children in their home safer when they start opening the windows to let some fresh air in.  Remember that window screens are meant to keep bugs out, not kids in. Activate your window stops or guards to make sure windows can’t open more than 4 inches. If you don't have stops built in and can’t get window stops or guards delivered this week, start by moving furniture away from windows to make it harder for kids to get to the window.

 
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Coming Up 

Safe States Alliance is hosting a Twitter chat titled “Injuries & Violence: The Unintended Impact of COVID-19 and the Essential Role of Prevention” on Wednesday, April 8th, at 9AM PT/ 12PM EST. Use the hashtag #IVPisEssential to follow along and participate.

 
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Next week’s newsletter will focus on interior fall hazards (April 13 - 19), and the week after that we’ll be talking about National Youth Sports Safety Month (April 20 - 26), with an emphasis on backyard sports and training at home. If you or your organization has any materials or events about these topics that you would like us to promote to our members, please email info@preventchildinjury.org.

In Case You Missed It…

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Last week, we hosted a Twitter chat about keeping kids safe at home while quarantining using #StayAtHomeSafety. We want to thank all of you who spread the word and participated. We were thrilled to have so many people and organizations participate, and we had over 20 million timeline deliveries. We put together a document that has the questions from the chat with a few of the answers that chat participants provided. You can access it  here. 

Also, PIPER at Colorado University hosted a Twitter chat on April 1st about child abuse and maltreatment during social distancing and quarantine. If you are interested in learning more about this topic, search #SaferQuarantine on Twitter. (P.S. You don't have to have a Twitter account to follow along with the conversation!) 

 

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