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Safe Kids Oklahoma Preventing the #1 killer of KIDS….. Unintentional Injuries

Safe Kids Oklahoma Preventing the #1 killer of KIDS….. Unintentional Injuries

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Safe Kids Oklahoma

Preventing the #1 killer of KIDS…..

Unintentional Injuries

The Epidemic

• Native American Traffic Deaths • 6.8 percent of all deaths from traffic crashes, compared to 1.6

percent of other ethnicities *• More than half of the children killed were not in car seats*

“If diseases were killing our children at the rate injuries are, the public would be outraged and demand that this killer be stopped.” – C. Everett Koop, Former Surgeon General

Why are children injured?

3 out of 4 car seats are used incorrectly

Before/After Interventions

Prevention Works

Education – Advocacy – Resources Child safety seats reduce the risk of injury and death to child passengers by 71%.

Safe Kids Oklahoma Statewide Efforts 2013:

Number of Community Events: 87

Number of Car Seats Checked: 4,385Number of Car Seat Distributed: 2,673

Number of Events Coordinate with Tribal entity: 19

Number of Miles traveled by SK staff: 4,268

* According the OHSO, Oklahoma Statewide Child Restraint Survey (2012), overall, the combined percentage of infants and children properly restrained increased from 86.7% in 2006 to 89.1% in 2012.

SKO Impact…It’s WORKING!!

Region 2010 2011 2012 2013 Change 2012-13

Statewide 85.3 82.6 89.1 87.8 -1.3

OKC Limits 86.7 80.9 85.7 93.1 +7.4

Child Restraint Use By Region (Combined Ages 0-8), 2009-2012*

*According the OHSO, Oklahoma Statewide Child Restraint Survey, 2013.

SW Region 82.0 85.7 87.7 74.9 -12.8

Much work is left to do…..

2014/15 Car Seat Strategy

• CPS Technician Certification Courses Statewide• Community Workshops – Information Only • Car Seat Checks – at least 66 statewide • Grants for Metro AND Rural areas since 2010

The FACES of Unintentional Injury

Injuries are not accidents…. If they are preventable!

Contact Us Safe Kids Oklahoma 900 N. Portland Ave Oklahoma City, OK

405.945.6707www.safekidsok.org