Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) publishes brochures and conducts public education programs that promote child passenger safety. It operates a toll-free telephone service that handles consumer complaints on child safety seats and other automotive safety technologies and provides information on product recalls. NHTSA produces a traffic safety materials catalog. Some publications are available in Spanish. The organization maintains specialized sections for impaired driving, distracted driving, seat belts, teen driving, and child safety. The website can be viewed in English and Spanish.

Keywords: Car seats, Child safety, Consumer education, Health promotion, Information services, Injury prevention, Motor vehicle safety, Safety, Seat belts, Spanish language materials, Spanish language website.

Annotation: The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education (NRC) at the University of Colorado Denver promotes health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation. NRC collaborates with the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to produce national health and safety performance standards guidelines for out-of-home child care programs. The center's website provides resources for child care providers, parents, health consultants, regulators, and early childhood systems leaders including a database of state licensure regulations.

Keywords: Child care, Child care workers, Child health, Child safety, Consumer education, Information sources, Injury prevention, National MCH resource center, Online databases, Regulations, Resource centers, Spanish language materials, Standards, State programs, Technical assistance, Training

Annotation: Founded in 1970, Parents Anonymous, Inc. is a child abuse and neglect prevention, education, and treatment program. The organization's mission is to promote mutual support and parent leadership in order to build and support strong, healthy families. Today, Parent's Anonymous leads an extensive national network of neighborhood-based support groups for parents and their children. Services to consumers include referrals, publications, reference information and research publications. The organization publishes a newsletter, sponsors conferences and training seminars, and provides materials in Spanish.

Keywords: Adolescents, Anticipatory guidance, Child abuse, Child neglect, Children, Counseling, Education, Family violence, Information services, Injury prevention, Parenting, Spanish language materials

Annotation: The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)'s mission is to improve the quality of life in communities through the increase of safe walking and bicycling as a viable means of transportation and physical activity. Through Web sites, information and training is offered to diverse audiences about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility as it relates to pedestrians and bicyclists. The PBIC is funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Keywords: Adolescents, Bicycle helmets, Bicycle safety, Children, Injury prevention, Pedestrians, Safety, Traffic safety, Transportation injuries, Walking

Annotation: Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), formerly the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, seeks to increase public awareness of the incidence, origins, nature, and effects of child abuse. The organization serves as a national advocate to prevent the neglect and physical, sexual, and emotional abuse of children. It sponsors their state chapters and the Healthy Families America home visitor prevention program. The organization sponsors conferences and training seminars and publishes a number of pamphlets and brochures on parenting for consumers. Some materials in Spanish.

Keywords: Advocacy, Child abuse, Injury prevention, Parenting, Parent support services, Peer support programs, Public education

Annotation: Prevent Child Injury is a national group of organizations and individuals, including researchers, health professionals, educators, and child advocates, working together to prevent injuries to children and adolescents in the United States. In collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevent Child Injury promotes coordinated public communication about child injury. Individual and organization members receive free, customizable child injury prevention materials for outreach including fact sheets, videos, press releases, sample social media posts, and media talking points; tips and strategies for reaching the media and the public with injury prevention messages; access to a roster of injury prevention experts available to speak to the media and other groups; and connection to partner organizations and individuals dedicated to child injury prevention.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Communication, Injuries, Injury prevention

Annotation: Safe Kids Upstate is one of more than 630 coalitions affiliated with Safe Kids Worldwide®, an organization whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children 14 and under. There are 15 Safe Kids coalitions in South Carolina. Safe Kids Upstate Coalition, led by the Children's Hospital of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center under the department of Children’s Advocacy, consists of almost 100 community partners who join together to fight unintentional injuries.

Keywords: Child safety, Injury prevention, South Carolina

Annotation: Safe Kids Worldwide (SKWW) is a global effort to focus solely on unintentional childhood injury prevention. Each year, more than one million children ages 14 and under die from unintentional injuries such as fires, drownings, and traffic crashes, and many more are permanently disabled. Safe Kids Worldwide was created to meet this challenge by establishing a global network of organizations committed to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury. Services to consumers include inquiry responses, publications (some materials are available in Spanish), and reference Information. Safe Kids Worldwide publishes a catalog and newsletter, and sponsors conferences.

Keywords: Advocacy, Bicycle helmets, Child health, Injury prevention, International health, Intervention, Legislation, National organizations, Outreach, Public education, Safety equipment

Annotation: The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, formerly the Saskatchewan Institute on Prevention of Handicaps, is a nonprofit organization that raises province-wide awareness of prevention measures to reduce the incidence of handicapping conditions in children. Programs focus on four areas that impact the health and well-being of children: Reproductive and Infant Health; Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs; Childhood Injuries; and Neglect and Abuse. Activities focus on raising awareness of prevention measures through: educational opportunities such as workshop presentations, conferences and public awareness campaigns; providing assistance for community groups to develop their own prevention education programs; networking and partnering projects that further prevention efforts; and maintaining links with community, non-profit and government organizations to ensure a coordinated approach to prevention programming. Publications include print and audio visual resources including brochures, fact sheets, resource kits, posters, videos, and a newsletter Prevention Post. A resource catalog is also available.

Keywords: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child health, Child neglect, Children, Child safety, Developmental disabilities, Drugs, Injury prevention, Public awareness campaigns, Reproductive health, Tobacco

Annotation: The Social Science Research Council a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization that seeks to advane social sciene throughout the world. The Council supports research, education, and scholarly exchange; publishes a quarterly, Issues and items; and maintains an e-mail list.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Child abuse, Hispanic Americans, Injury prevention, Minority health

Annotation: Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), previously known as Students Against Driving Drunk, is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1981. Its members include students in middle and high schools, college students, and concerned adults. The SADD mission is to provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, impaired driving, drug abuse and other destructive decisions. SADD publishes a newsletter and sponsors a National conference. Some materials are available in Spanish.

Keywords: Adolescents, Alcohol, Children, Impaired driving, Injury prevention

Annotation: Sudden Infant Death Services of Illinois (SIDS of Illinois) is dedicated to the prevention and eventual elimination of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other causes of infant death through through educational initiatives stressing proven risk reduction strategies. Activities include reducing infant mortality by decreasing the incidence of infant deaths due to SIDS, accidental suffocation, overlay, entrapment, metabolic disorders, and other accidental causes; improving the quantity and quality of comprehensive, family-centered bereavement services for those impacted by a sudden pediatric death; and training professionals throughout Illinois who are likely to encounter cases of sudden pediatric death to better assist newly grieving families. Information on services and materials are available from the Web site for parents, children, friends, grandparents, as well as professionals.

Keywords: Child death, Educational materials, Illinois, Infant death, Injury prevention, Neonatal death, Prevention, Resources for professionals, SIDS, State organizations

Annotation: ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation works to prevent brain, spinal cord, and other traumatic injuries through education, research, and advocacy. The foundation offers theory-based, evidence-based injury prevention programs for children, adolescents, and young adults; presentations through a chapter network; injury prevention facts; educational materials and resources; training for physicians and other health professionals; and speaker, volunteer, and support opportunities.

Keywords: Advocacy, Brain injuries, Child safety, Educational materials, Injury prevention, Multimedia, Prevention programs, Research, Resources for professionals, Spinal cord injuries, Traffic safety, Training

Annotation: Tthe Children's Bureau (CB) is located within the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACF). It is responsible for assisting states in the delivery of child welfare services - services designed to protect children and strengthen families. The agency provides grants to states, tribes and communities to operate a range of child welfare services including child protective services (child abuse and neglect) family preservation and support, foster care, adoption, and independent living. In addition, the agency makes major investments in staff training, technology and innovative programs. A variety of fact sheets, reports, and resource lists can be downloaded from the Web site. The bureau also publishes an electronic newsletter called the Children's Bureau Express.

Keywords: Adoption, Child abuse, Child neglect, Child welfare, Domestic violence, Electronic publications, Family violence, Foster care, Injury prevention

Annotation: The U.S. Office of Child Abuse and Neglect, formerly the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, provides leadership and direction on the issues of child maltreatment and the prevention of abuse and neglect under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). It is the focal point for interagency collaborative efforts, national conferences and special initiatives related to child abuse and neglect, and for coordinating activities related to the prevention of abuse and neglect and the protection of children at-risk. It supports activities to build networks of community-based, prevention-focused family resource and support programs and improve systems which handle child abuse and neglect cases. The Web site links to federal and state reporting systems, training and technical assistance, research, statistics, laws, policies, programs, and funding.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child neglect, Family violence, Injury prevention

Annotation: The California Child Care Health Program (CCHP) is a nonprofit organization of the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. CCHP is dedicated to enhancing the quality of child care for California's children by initiating and strengthening linkages among the health, safety and child care communities and the families they serve. The program focuses on providing resources and education on health and safety issues in child care. CCHP publishes The Child Care Health Connections Newsletter, a bimonthly publication disseminated satewide.

Keywords: Child care, Child care workers, Child health, Injury prevention, Safety

Annotation: The Division of Injury and Violence Prevention aims to make Virginia a place where people can live, learn, and play safely. The division encourages parents, educators, health providers, and others to actively participate in raising awareness and enhancing skills to prevent injury and violence in their communities. Strategies for prevention include research and assessment, policy development, training and community education, promotion and dissemination of safety devices, public information and funding of local projects. Topics covered on the Web site include bicycle safety, child passenger safety, smoke alarms, safety in the home, pedestrian safety, firearm safe storage, and domestic and sexual violence, suicide and youth violence prevention,

Keywords: Child safety, Injury prevention, State agencies, Violence prevention