Building Safe Communities: State and Local Strategies for Preventing Injury and Violence

• NCJ Number: 151967
• Author(s): L E Duker; E Bhatia; C Miara
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 234 pages
• Grant Number(s): MCU-117007
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Corporate Author: Children's Safety Network
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services; Children's Safety Network
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This document provides an indepth description of 29 cases in which health departments and others at the State, county, or community level have implemented creative programs and strategies to prevent injury and violence among children and youth.

Abstract

The case studies are designed to inform policymakers and government officials; however, they are also meant to be used as a training tool. Each case has suggestions for cross-systems development and includes ideas about natural coalition partners in a specific area of injury or violence, as well as suggestions for other maternal and child health settings where a similar program could be developed. The programs are presented under 14 types of unintentional injury or violence: alcohol, firearms, bicycles, drowning, fires and burns, home safety, motor vehicles, occupational, playgrounds, sports, family violence, homicide/assault, sexual assault, and suicide. Each of the case studies contains the following information: start and end dates; target population; audience reached; program description (objectives, program components, summary of maternal and child health roles, coalition partners in prevention, sustaining the program, and adapting the program to community needs); resources needed; lessons learned; products/publications developed/used; and contact person.