Current Projects
Current Projects
Prevention Programs
| Program/Event | Description | Target Population |
|---|---|---|
| Habitat for Humanity home safety visits | Provide safety walk through and supply age appropriate safety items and information for low-income homeowners. | Habitat for Humanity home owners |
| Rochester Parent Network | Taped safety tips for local parent television show. | Monroe County Parents |
| Bike Rodeos | Working with Office of Traffic Safety to provide Bike Rodeos at the summer City Parks and Recreation camps. | Children |
| Safe Crib and Car Seat Project home safety visits | Provide safety walk through and age appropriate safety items and information to program participants. | Low-income mothers of newborns |
| Helmet Distribution | Provide helmets to those with wheeled sport injuries in the Emergency Dept. Also provide helmets through our home safety visits | Children |
| Pediatric Residents Workshop; | EM Residents 3 hour workshop on injury prevention at the Healthy Home to pediatric residents as part of their medical education. Will repeat annually. | Doctors in training |
| Victim Intervention Committee | Hospital and community committee to address violence in teens | Teens |
| Safe Teen Driving | Working with Allstate, Trauma Dept. and Office of Traffic Safety to develop Safe Teen driving program | Teens |
Community Outreach Programs
| Program/Event | Description | Target Population |
|---|---|---|
| Public Relations | Give expert advice on safety and injury prevention through various media outlets. Provide Injury prevention releases every 2 months in conjunction with public relations dept. | General Public |
| Bulletin Boards | Provide up to date health and safety information for families of children when they visit the emergency department. | Families in the Pediatric ED waiting room |
| 4th Year University of Rochester Medical Students in CHIC course | Work with students on their 4 week community project elective on injury prevention | Medical students |
| Community Health Fairs | Provide safety information and items to health fair participants | Health fair participants |
| General Education | IFCK Staff has provided numerous regional and local lectures on injury prevention when requested. This includes workshop/conferences, lectures to graduate students, classes in MPH program, training sessions for outreach workers | Health Care Providers, Outreach Workers, Students |
| Healthy Home | FCKR is on the advisory board of the Healthy Home. We attend meetings, provide injury prevention information to community, network with other members | Everyone interested in having a healthy home |
Developing Programs
| Program/Event | Description | Target Population |
|---|---|---|
| Car Seat Project | Developing Strong Memorial Hospital program to assist new parents with car seat installation. | Families of newborns |
| Medical Student Education | Developing injury prevention/safety workshop for educating medical students similar to workshop for pediatric residents. | Physicians in training |
| Hospital -Wide Closed Circuit Television | Interested in providing safety videos for SMH closed circuit television for patients to watch. | Patients at Strong Memorial Hospital |
| “Train the Trainer” | Looking into working with Baby Love Program on training outreach workers | ORW/families |