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Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for children ages 1-4. Both the Title V Maternal Child Health Services Block Grant and Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program have performance measures designed to reduce hospitalizations and emergency department visits resulting from child injury. Despite these shared goals, MIECHV and Title V agencies at the state and jurisdiction levels often operate in separate departments making it challenging to know about their shared audiences and initiatives.
This webinar, co-hosted by the MIECHV Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC) and Children’s Safety Network (CSN), will explore opportunities for MIECHV awardees and state and jurisdiction departments of health to collaborate on child safety. This includes preparing the home visiting workforce to implement evidence-based child injury prevention programs during home visits and establishing coordinated child safety initiatives on topics such as safe sleep, drowning prevention, poisoning prevention, falls prevention, and fire and burn prevention. Webinar presenters from TARC and CSN will showcase examples of these types of collaborations that are currently underway. Registration and details coming soon, TBD April 2025!
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