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Annotation: This report presents recommendations and a national call to action to improve the safety of community streets and roads. The authors compare the relative safety of pedestrians in different states and metropolitan areas, factoring in measurable changes in walking danger during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include the most dangerous places to walk; street design; the characteristics of dangerous roads; and impact on vulnerable populations, including older adults, communities of color, and low-income neighborhoods.

Contact: Smart Growth America, 1707 L Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 207-3355 Web Site: http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Injury prevention, Motor vehicle accidents, Pedestrians, Resources for professionals, Risk assessment, Risk factors, Safety, State initiatives, Traffic safety, Transportation, Walking

Annotation: This report from the CDC used data from the 2019 YRBS (Youth Risk Behavior Survey), given to students in grades 9-12. Students self-report the risks they take while in a motor vehicle, such as texting while driving, driving after drinking, or not wearing a seatbelt; survey data is available for the overall study population and by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, and sexual orientation. Color illustrations, tables and links to the survey data are available.

Contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636 Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov

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Keywords: Adolescents, Distracted driving, Impaired driving, Motor vehicle accidents, Risk taking, Seat belts, Traffic safety

Annotation: This study from the Nebraska and US departments of transportation used Nebraska traffic accident data to analyze the effect of active and passive school zones on accident rates. The authors (from the University of Nebraska) used crash data from eighteen schools in Nebraska gathered from 2014-2018 in order to make recommendations on how transportation agencies can establish school zones in ways that will lower accident rates near schools.

Contact: Nebraska Transportation Center, Whittier School, 262 Prem S. , 2200 Vine Street, Lincoln, NE 68583-0851, Telephone: (402) 472-1993

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Keywords: Nebraska, School zones, Speed, Traffic safety

Contact: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., West Building, Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (888) 327-4236 Secondary Telephone: (800)424-9153 Web Site: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Demonstration programs, Evaluation, Injury prevention, Traffic safety

Annotation: This website for parents provides information about keeping children safe while they are riding in motor vehicles, riding bicycles, or walking. Information is provided about car seat safety, safety related to school buses and bicycles, how to keep adolescents safe as they are learning to drive, and car-related safety issues such as backovers, heatstroke, seatbelt entanglement, and trunk entrapment.

Contact: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., West Building, Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (888) 327-4236 Secondary Telephone: (800)424-9153 Web Site: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Bicycle safety, Car seats, Child safety, Consumer education materials, Infants, Injury prevention, Motor vehicle injuries, Motor vehicle safety, Safety, School buses, Seat belts, Traffic safety, Walking, Young children

Annotation: This paper examines the impact of modern air pollution levels on infant health and the impact of automobile driving on ambient air pollution levels. The authors pull from four separate data sets to investigate the relationships between traffic, weather, pollution, and infant outcomes, focusing their research primarily on the Central Valley and southern portions of California. The findings suggest that ambient pollution levels have an impact on infant mortality rates. The results, which are presented in the form of tables and figures, also illustrate the significance of weather controls in measuring pollution’s impact on infant mortality.

Contact: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398, Telephone: (617) 868-3900 Fax: (617) 868-2742 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nber.org Available from the website, after registration.

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Keywords: Air pollution, Environmental factors, Environmental pollution, Infant health, Infant mortality, Research, Traffic

Annotation: This fact sheet series present data and analysis on the cost and prevention of childhood injury. Topics include bicycle helmet use, child safety seat use, injury prevention counseling by pediatricians, poison control centers, sobriety checkpoints, and speed limits, Definitions of data types, incidence-based vs. prevalence-based costs, and resource vs. productivity costs are provided. References are also included. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescents, Anticipatory guidance, Bicycle helmets, Bicycles, Car seats, Children, Costs, Impaired driving, Injury prevention, Mortality, Motor vehicles, Poisoning, Speed, Statistics, Traffic injuries, Unintentional injuries, Young adults

Annotation: This final report describes a project to reduce the morbidity associated with pediatric traffic-related injury by identifying the key risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in injured children and their parents and incorporating this knowledge into new diagnostic and treatment strategies. Report sections include an executive summary; an introduction into the nature of the research problem including objectives and hypotheses, maternal and child health program priorities addressed by the project, the purpose, scope, and methods used; a review of the literature; study design and methods; presentation of findings; a discussion of the findings including conclusions, limitations, comparisons, applications, policy implications, and suggestions for future research; and a list of products from the project. References are provided at the conclusion of the report along with sample Screening Tool for Early Predictors of PTSD (STEPP) as an appendix. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child mental health, Children, Final reports, MCH research, Motor vehicle injuries, Parents, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Psychological evaluation, Research, Screening, Traffic injuries

Annotation: This document offers strategies for reducing the incidence of pedestrian injuries among children while encouraging them to explore their environment by walking, increasing the physical activity level, and creating a more pedestrian-friendly environment. A series of specific strategies are described on how each one can be implemented at the state and local levels. The document also includes a list of participants on the Panel to Prevent Pedestrian Injuries meeting, held on September 27-28, 1998, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Contact: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, Telephone: (800) CDC-INFO Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (770) 488-4760 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/index.html Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child safety, Conferences, Motor vehicle injuries, Pedestrians, Physical activity, Traffic safety, Walking

Annotation: This document summarizes the proceedings of a conference held September 24, 1994, in Sacramento, California, which was sponsored by the National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives and the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association. The participants included officials from state highway safety agencies, public health services injury prevention programs, and emergency medical services; the conference focused on ways to foster interagency collaboration to reduce the duplication of efforts and to develop consistent strategies to promote injury prevention. The proceedings summarize the various sessions, panels, and workshops; the results of the conference evaluation and a list of follow-up activities are also included. [Partially funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Governors Highway Safety Association, 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 722, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 789-0942 Fax: (202) 789-0946 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ghsa.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Conferences, Emergency medical services, Injury prevention, Interagency cooperation, Motor vehicles, Policy development, Public health agencies, Public policy, Safety programs, State agencies, Traffic safety

Annotation: This annotated bibliography includes items recommended by members of the planning committee for Child Health Day 1991. Sections of the bibliography address overviews of injury issues; injury data; program components (overview, program development, advocacy, coalition building, and training); and injury types and causes (overview, bicycles, child care, drowning, falls, firearms, fire/burns, motor vehicles, occupational injuries, pedestrians, playgrounds, sports, toys, and violence). The bibliography also contains resource lists. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, Contact Phone: (703) 625-7802 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Photocopy available at no charge. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHE014.

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Keywords: Advocacy, Bicycles, Burns, Child Care, Children, Coalitions, Curricula, Data, Directories, Drowning, Educational materials, Falls, Firearms, Fires, Health observances, Injury prevention, Motor vehicles, Occupational injuries, Pedestrians, Playgrounds, Program development, Sports, Toys, Traffic safety, Violence

Annotation: This book and its executive summary were produced by the multidisciplinary National Committee for Injury Prevention and Control as a tool for practitioners and a companion piece to "Injury in America" which focused on research issues. It provides guidelines for problem identification, working with and learning from data, program design and evaluation and program implementation. Possible collaborators and funders in injury prevention are described. Chapters devoted to violence prevention explore assaultive injury, child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, rape and sexual assault, suicide and firearm injury. Each chapter describes the magnitude of the intentional injury problem, risk factors, prevention, interventions and recommendations. The publication represents the collaborative efforts of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control of the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U. S. Department of Transportation.

Keywords: Child abuse, Injury prevention, Occupational injuries, Residential injuries, Traffic injuries, Violence

Annotation: This report from the 1984 National Conference for Youth on Drinking and Driving focussed on the fact that students spend 18 percent of their time at school and 12 percent of their time at work. The workplace has come to rival the school as an influence on young people, and alcohol consumption varies directly with the amount of money that young people have to spend. Members of the conference staff contacted a number of large employers of youth for their opinions and ideas. Young people, educators, and employers of young people formed state delegations and attended this conference to learn more about what they could do to reduce adolescent alcohol use in their community.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Available in libraries. Document Number: DHHS 84-1356.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Alcohol abuse, Alcohol consumption behavior, Alcohol education, Driver education, Impaired driving, Mortality, Motor vehicle crashes, Traffic injuries