COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Covid-19 Impact on Injury Prevention Efforts

While we are all social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, our homes are not just a place for us to live—they have become our offices, schools and playgrounds. Even as families try to stay home as much as possible during the coronavirus pandemic, there are times when a trip in the car with the kids is essential.

The Upstate New York Safe Kids Coalition is committed to identifying the most prevalent causes of unintentional injury for the children of our community, through advocacy, education and the use of proven injury prevention strategies stimulate changes in adult and child behavior and the environment to reduce the incidence of these injuries.

To support parents and caregivers during COVID-19, Safe Kids Upstate NY was able to provide parents and caregivers online and virtual resources which could be accessed. These resources enabled the proper fitting of car seats as well as other measures to keep children safe around cars. Utilizing new ways to provide information and education through means like QR codes and other new inventive tools was necessary to still provide our community with resources it needs. The goal in 2021 was to provide outreach and resources that specifically address our communities’ injuries so that there is a decreased risk for our most precious future, our children

Upstate NY Safe Kids collaborates with the Upstate University Pediatric Trauma Department to reach the mission goals to keep kids safe. Pediatric Trauma and Safe Kids Upstate NY are of the shared belief that unintentional injuries are predictable and preventable. Pediatric Trauma and Safe Kids can provide accurate and on-going injury prevention information to our community. Both in collaboration can provide community programs, outreach and events while supplying support and reinforcement to the programs of our injury prevention partners in the communities that are served.