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Dear Partners,
The Fourth of July is an important time to focus on how to prevent child injuries and deaths related to fireworks.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in 2022, 73% of the 10,200 fireworks-related injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments occurred around July 4. Children and teens ages 10-19 had the highest estimated rates of fireworks-related injuries. To prevent fireworks injuries and deaths, the CPSC recommends the following prevention practices:
- Do not allow children to play with or ignite fireworks
- Keep a large container of water or a hose nearby in case a fire starts
- Move away from fireworks quickly after lighting them
- Never attempt to re-light or pick up fireworks that did not fully ignite
Other events taking place in July include two CSN-hosted webinars. On July 18, from 2:00PM-3:00PM ET, CSN will host its 6th State Technical Assistance Webinar, "Planning for Integrating Health Equity in Child Safety." CSN’s Rebecca Bishop and Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center's Sarah Ivan will discuss how to develop a health equity plan for child safety, with a particular focus on assessing and using data to inform areas of greatest need, readiness, aims, and programmatic focus.
On July 23, from 2:00PM-3:00PM ET, CSN will host another public webinar, "Preventing Injuries in Children with Autism." In this webinar, Sarah Tinker, Ph.D. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]) will present an overview of autism spectrum disorder in U.S. children, including why they may be at increased risk for injuries. Shericka Harris, MSPH (CDC) will describe unintentional drowning deaths in the U.S. among children and adolescents where autism was identified as a contributing cause of death. Jiabin Shen, Ph.D., and Yan Wang, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts Lowell) will present their population-based research that investigates disparities in injury and injury-related medical service utilization in children with autism using 22 years of data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
In late May, CSN published a new resource guide, "Child Safety National Public Health Partners," developed in collaboration with the Children's Safety Now Alliance (CSN-A). More information about this resource can be found below.
Additional resources related to these and other child safety and cross-cutting topics are also provided in the newsletter, with those from our CSN-A partners highlighted in purple.
Please widely share these resources with your networks.
Kindly,
Jennifer Leonardo
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