CSN eNewsletter

January 7, 2025

Note from Our Director

Dear Partners, 

This month marks National Passenger Safety Week (January 20-27), a time to highlight the importance of protecting everyone on the road. Whether you’re driving, riding, or sharing the streets, keeping safety a top priority is crucial for every journey. From wearing seat belts to staying alert and following traffic laws, this week reminds us that safety isn’t just about the driver—it’s about ensuring the well-being of all passengers, no matter their age or role.  

 CSN’s website contains valuable tips, resources, and updates to help you and your loved ones stay safe every time you hit the road. Together, we can make every ride safer for everyone! Let’s buckle up and drive the conversation about safety forward. Check out our Child Passenger Safety resources, including our Child Passenger Safety (English and Spanish) infographic, Protecting Kids in Cars: Approaches to Child Passenger Safety webinar, and much more.   

Resources related to these and other child safety and cross-cutting topics are provided in the newsletter below, with those from our CSN-A partners highlighted in purple.  

Please widely share these resources with your networks. 

Kindly, 

Jennifer Leonardo 

CSN’s Child Safety Learning Collaborative

Applications for Cohort 2 Available February 2025

The Child Safety Learning Collaborative brings together state and jurisdiction injury and violence prevention and maternal and child health practitioners from across the nation to improve child safety among 0–19-year-olds. Participants collaborate to achieve the goal of reducing fatal and serious injuries among infants, children, and adolescents.  

Participation offers the opportunity to:  

• Join a national network of peers who will share resources and lessons learned  
• Participate in ongoing trainings, and receive personalized coaching and technical assistance from nationally renowned content experts 
• Build a sustainable child safety system of improvement in your state/jurisdiction 

The second cohort of the CSLC will run May 2025-October 2026 and will address the following topic areas: 

• Bullying Prevention 
• Drowning Prevention 
• Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety 
• Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention 
• Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention 

Applicants must be representatives of a Title V state or jurisdiction agency. Applications will be available on the CSN website and open February-April 2025.  See below for information in the Upcoming Events to register for informational webinars held throughout the application period.   Learn more about the CSLC here, and visit the CSN website for more information. 

America’s Poison Centers Warn Public about the Dangers of Pink Cocaine | America’s Poison Centers 

CPSC Approves New Federal Safety Standard for Infant Support Cushions to Prevent Infant Deaths and Serious Injuries | U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Do You Know When It’s Safe for Your Child To Move Out of a Car Booster Seat? | Parents

Science Update: Childhood Adversity Linked With Higher Risk of Premature Death by Suicide and Substance Use in Adulthood, NIH Study Suggests | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

Youth Cheerleading Is Getting More Athletic – and riskier | NPR News

CSN State Technical Assistance Webinar 9 

2-3pm ET 

January 23, 2025 

National Passenger Safety Week | We Save Lives & National Road Safety Foundation 

January 21-28, 2025  

National Radon Action Month | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

January 1-31, 2025

Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month | National Public Health Information Coalition 

January 1-31, 2025

UPCOMING EVENTS

CSLC Cohort 2 launch | Children's Safety Network

Cohort 2 Application Informational Webinars:

1. Wednesday, February 26 3:00PM-4:00PM ET
2. Tuesday, March 11 12:00PM-1:00PM ET
3. Thursday, March 27 2:00PM-3:00PM ET

Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting & Child Safety: Opportunities for Collaboration Webinar| Children's Safety Network

February 6, 2025

2pm-3pm ET

2025 National Water Safety Conference & Association of Aquatic Professionals Conference | National Drowning Prevention Alliance 

February 3-6, 2025 

National Burn Awareness Week | American Burn Association 

February 4-10, 2025 

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month | love is respect 

February 1-28, 2025 

Child Passenger Safety 

Child Passenger Safety Perception and Practices in Ride-Sharing Vehicles | U.S. Department of Transportation

Drowning Prevention 

AAP, AHA update guidelines on resuscitation after drowning | Pediatrics

Drowning Data | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

General 

Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health Data Sets | Health Resources & Services Association 

December Recall Digest | Kids In Danger

Pedestrian Safety 

Road Traffic Safety in Children with Neurodevelopmental Differences | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Poisoning Prevention 

Dangerous Trend: Galaxy Gas | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 

Safe Sleep 

Provider and Patient Conversations for Safe Sleep | American Academy of Pediatrics 

Resources to Support Safe Infant Sleep | National Institute for Children’s Health Quality 

Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention  

Recommendations for Local Suicide Prevention Infrastructure | Suicide Prevention Resource Center

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: What Does It Mean For Educators | SAMHSA and Department of Education 

Teen Driving Safety 

Moving the Needle On Teen Driver Safety | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Bullying Prevention  

Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses on the Risk Factors, Protective Factors, Consequences and Interventions of Cyberbullying Victimization | Nature Human Behaviour  

Child Maltreatment Prevention 

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Conditions and Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023 | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 

Cost Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent the Occurrence and the Associated Economic Impacts of Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review | Child Abuse and Neglect

 Evidence From the USPSTF and New Approaches to Evaluate Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment | JAMA Network Open  

Fire & Burn Safety 

Effectiveness of Prevention Programmes on the Rate of Burn Injuries in Children: A Systematic Review | BMJ Journals

Firearm Safety

Association between Unintentional Firearm Injury Characteristics and Deaths in Adolescents | Injury Epidemiology

Firearm Safe Storage in Rural Families: Community Perspectives About Ownership and Safety Messaging | Health Promotion Practice

General

State and National Estimates of the Cost of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Lives Saved | JAMA Network Open  

Health Equity

Leveraging the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Process to Advance Health Equity | Pediatrics

Preschool and Me: Educational-Clinical Linkage to Improve Health Equity for Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities from Historically Marginalized Communities | Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications   

Safe Sleep

Collaboration to Reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Death With Child Fatality Review and Outreach | Pediatrics

Using Sudden Unexpected Infant Death-Case Registry Data to Drive Prevention | Pediatrics

Self-harm and Suicide Prevention

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk of Suicide and Substance-Related Mortality through Middle Adulthood | Journal of Affective Disorders

Global Public Concern of Childhood and Adolescent Suicide: A New Perspective and New Strategies for Suicide Prevention in the Post-Pandemic Era | World Journal of Pediatrics 

Pediatric Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Related to Mental Health Conditions and Self-Harm | JAMA Network Open 

Sports Safety

Investigating the Factors That Lead to Sports Related Injuries in Children | Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine 

Safety in Cheerleading: Epidemiology and Recommendations: Policy Statement | Pediatrics  

Substance Misuse Prevention

Parental Monitoring and Its Association With Alcohol, Tobacco Cigarettes, and Cannabis Initiation in the United States Adolescent Population | Journal of Adolescent Health 

Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2024 | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 

The Children's Safety Network is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Child and Adolescent Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Centers Cooperative Agreement (U49MC28422) for $5,000,000 with 0 perfect financed with non-governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.