Search Results: MCHLine

Items in this list may be obtained from the sources cited. Contact information reflects the most current data about the source that has been provided to the MCH Digital Library.

Displaying records 1 through 6 (6 total).

Smart Growth America and National Complete Streets Coalition. 2022. Dangerous by design (rev ed). Washington, DC: Smart Growth America, 53 pp.

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.

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

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2012-. Parents central: From car seats to car keys--Keeping kids safe. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, multiple items.

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.

Link

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

National Center for Safe Routes to School. 2011. Federal safe routes to school program: Progress report. [Chapel Hill, NC]: National Center for Safe Routes to School, 42 pp.

Annotation: This report, which aims is to inform policy and program decisions for the Federal Highway Administration, State Safe Routes to School (SRTS) coordinators, and policymakers and stakeholders at the federal, state and local levels, describes how federal and state agencies have met the requirements of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act, passed in August 2005. This legislation included funds to start the SRTS program. The report also discusses the legislation's reach and types of projects funded and provides an overview of how state SRTS programs are administered.

Contact: National Center for Safe Routes to School, 730 Martin Luther Kind, Jr. Boulevard, Suite 300, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430, Telephone: (866) 610-SRTS E-mail: http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/contact-us Web Site: http://www.saferoutesinfo.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Bicycles, Families, Legislation, Programs, Public policy, Safety, School age children, Schools, State programs, Transportation, Walking

McMillan TE. 2009. Walking and biking to school, physical activity and health outcomes. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 6 pp. (Research brief)

Annotation: This brief summarizes research on active transport to school, physical activity levels, and health outcomes. It also explores the factors that influence walking and biking to school, including the impact of the Safe Routes to School program, a federal program that creates safe, convenient, and fun opportunities for children to walk and bike to and from school and aims to help children be more physically active.

Contact: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 50 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6614, Telephone: (877) 843-7953 Fax: Web Site: http://www.rwjf.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Bicycles, Child health, Federal programs, Physical activity, Research, Safety, Walking

Safe Kids Worldwide. 2005. Child pedestrians at risk: A ranking of U.S. metropolitan areas. Washington, DC: Safe Kids Worldwide, 8 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a study that compares child pedestrian safety in 47 major metropolitan areas and explores how different factors influence the safety of a child's pedestrian environment. The report discusses the methodoly, presents a summary of the results, and discusses population density and exposure, coordinated action by community organizations, non-financial support from government agencies, and government spending. Conclusions and a call to action are included. The report also includes endnotes.

Contact: Safe Kids Worldwide, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1707, Telephone: (202) 662-0600 Fax: (202) 393-2072 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.safekids.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child safety, Pedestrians, Research, Walking

Schieber RA, Vegega ME, eds. 2001. National strategies for advancing child pedestrian safety. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 22 pp.

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.

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