CSN eNewsletter July 31, 2022 ‌ ‌

Note from Our Director

Dear Partners, With the recent heat waves across the United States, we hope you’ve been able to stay cool, have fun with family and friends, and enjoy the sun, water, and outdoors! But summer is also the season with the highest risk of drowning and prevention saves lives. For drowning victims younger than 15 years: 70% of deaths occurred from May to August the risk of drowning significantly increased (up to 69%) when the outside temperature exceeded 30°C (86°F)  Drowning is the leading cause of injury death among children ages 1 – 4 and second leading cause for children ages 1 to 14 years. In CSN’s recent webinar, Why Do Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Drowning Risk Exist and How Can They Be Addressed?,  experts discussed the data on child drowning in the U.S., the historical impact on current policies, and current disparities in child aquatics and water safety education. They also shared how communities can work collaboratively to develop initiatives designed to address issues of justice, access, equity and inclusion to build resources for the aquatics community.   Pediatric vehicular heatstroke (PVH) is another injury risk that increases during heatwaves. On average, between 1998 and 2020, 38 children died per year of PVH. Children’s body temperature rises three to five times faster than adults. When children are left in or gain access to vehicles, they could die within minutes. In CSN’s 2021 webinar, Protecting Children from Heatstroke in Vehicles, presenters discussed the scope of the problem, recent trends, and the impact of vehicle heating on children’s health. Also provided were resources and tools to learn more about how to prevent PVH.   Resources and research on these topics are included in this newsletter. Resources from our Children's Safety Now Alliance partners are highlighted in purple.   Please widely share these resources with your networks.   Kindly,   Jennifer Leonardo, PhD

New CSN-A Resource: Ensuring Child Safety During Times of Disruption

A time of disruption is any period when an event or occurrence—such as a disaster, disease outbreak, or new technological development—disrupts the status quo for individuals, organizations, and communities. Children are more vulnerable than adults during these times of disruption. To keep children safe during disruption, child safety organizations and programs must build organizational resilience to adapt to changing circumstances and transition to new and improved processes and systems.   The Child Safety Now Alliance developed a new fact sheet, Ensuring Child Safety During Times of Disruption, that provides resources and guidance on how programs can prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptions, such as disaster, disease outbreak or other crises

IN THE MEDIA

American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Safe Sleep Recommendations: Back is Best | American Academy of Pediatrics How Extreme Heat Affects Young Athletes | PBS The Leading Cause of Death in Children and Youths Is Now Guns | Forbes No Peers, No Beers: WVU Research Shows Youth Substance Use Declined During the COVID-19 Pandemic | WVU Today Youth Suicide Attempts Drop in U.S. States with Hate Crime Laws | U.S. News and World Report

UPCOMING EVENTS

Back to School Month | National Safety Council (NSC) August 1-31, 2022 Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month| American Academy of Ophthalmology August 1-31,2022

Safe States 2022 Annual Conference | Safe States August 31- September 2, 2022 Join the CSN team at the following sessions: Wednesday, August 31: Innovative Child Safety Practices to Prevent Firearm Injuries Wednesday, August 31: Learning Collaboratives Contributions to Child Safety Systems and Workforce Development Thursday, September 1: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Assessment Guide for Multidisciplinary Teams and Health Equity Approaches in the CSLC

RESOURCES

Drowning Prevention What Parents Should Know About Drowning and Dry Drowning | JAMA Pediatrics   Firearm Safety Guns in the Home: Keeping Kids Safe | HealthyChildren.org Heatstroke in Cars Prevention Heatstroke | Kids and Car Safety Pedestrian Safety Child Pedestrian Safety Curriculum | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe: AAP Policy Explained | HealthyChildren.org

Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Preventing Suicide in Schools—A Systemwide Approach | Education Development Center (EDC)

RESEARCH

Bullying Prevention Black-White Racial Context and U.S. American Youths’ Moral Judgments of and Responses to Social Exclusion Bullying | The Journal of Genetic Psychology   Heterosexist Bullying Victimization and Perpetration and Substance Use Among Heterosexual Adolescents | International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Child Maltreatment Prevention Excess Google Searches for Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infoveillance Approach | Journal of Medical Internet Research General Evaluating the Outcomes of the Menthol Cigarette Ban in England by Comparing Menthol Cigarette Smoking Among Youth in England, Canada, and the US, 2018-2020 | JAMA Network Open Examining Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Young Survivors of Urban Violence | Journal of Urban Health Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Assessment of Variation in US State Laws Addressing the Prevention of and Response to Teen Dating Violence in Secondary Schools | JAMA Pediatrics Interpersonal Violence Victimization Experiences of Middle School Youth: An Exploration by Gender and Sexual/Romantic Attraction | Journal of Homosexuality Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety

Do the Youngest Drivers Crash the Most? | JAMA Network Open

The Prevalence and Excess Mortality Risk of Driving with Children | Journal of Safety Research Poisoning Prevention Adolescent Occupational Exposures Reported to United States Poison Centers, 2011–2020 | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Substance Misuse Prevention The Influence of Descriptive and Injunctive Norms on U.S. Adolescent Marijuana Use: A Systematic Review of the Literature | Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs The Power of Local Research to Inform Adverse Childhood Experiences in Substance Use Prevention in Adolescents and Adults | BMC Public Health Recent Trends in Mental Health and Substance Use Concerns among Adolescents | Kaiser Family Foundation Substance Use Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review | Child and Family Disaster Psychiatry Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment | American Academy of Pediatrics Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Adolescent Athletes and Suicide: A Model for Treatment and Prevention | Aggression and Violent Behavior

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