Harborview Injjyury Prevention & Research Center Washington State Department of Health
Washington State Collaboration on Injury and Violence Prevention
Beth E. Ebel, MD, MSc, MPH and Dolly Fernandes, MEd Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, UiUnivers ity of fW Washi hitngton Original CDC Injury Control Research Center • DOH/HIPRC partnership for over 20 years • CDC-funded model for academic/public health partnerships
Vision: to reduce the impact of injury and violence on people ’s lives throug h researchdh, educa titiition, training an d public awareness HIPRC, University of Washington CDC Injury Control Research Centers, 2011
Medical College of Wisconsin in Columbus Mt. Sinai
UCSF Johns Hopkins Colorado State Washington Univ. West Virginia U
UNC University of Iowa
Emory
Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center Regional Partners DOH Region X: NHTSA Region X: Northwest Trauma Network: WA, OR, ID, AK WA, OR, ID, AK, MT WA, ID, AK, MT HIPRC, University of Washington BC Injury Prev Ctr
Montana DOH Mary Jane OHSU Idaho DOH NWPAIHB CHOP Brain Fdn University of Iowa
Johns Hopkins NIH/ Kosair NHTSA
UT Dallas NCIPCC DC
Alaska IPC
ICRCs HIPRC Partnerships and Collaborations Other partners Key Partnerships
National
Regional Safe States
Regional Network Leadership Group SAVIR
State CDC/NCIPC
Washington State DOH Injury & ICRCs King County Violence Program HIPRC Public Health NW Regional Trauma System AiAmerican Washington Academy of Traffic Safety Pediatrics Commission
NHTSA Northwest Region Safe Kids
NHTSA 2000-2006 Motor vehicle fatality rates Agge-adjusted death rates pp,pper 100,000 population
12 26 14 20
18
CDC Wisqars Washington State Department of Health Injury and Violence Prevention Strenggpythen statewide capacity to imppplement best practice interventions to reduce and prevent injury and violence Prevention Areas: • Motor vehicle crashes (child injury) • Opioid poisoning • Falls among older adults • Unintentional injuries to children • Drowning • Sexual assault How we work together
• Monthly conference calls
• HIPRC Director chairs the Injury CCommunity Planning Group
•Work on media outreach and activities:
• Distracted driving / child passenger saafety
• Traumatic brain injury (TBI) / concussion law
• Emerggyency Medical Services and Trauma Care System Align Cross-Cutting Activities
• Share information on injury activities monthly
• Work together on outreach and ssocial marketing
• HIPRC provides technical and research assistance to Department of Health Injury and Violence Program
• Work together and support activities for Regional Network Leadership Grouppg for Regions IX and X
• Tap into experts at Harborview and Department of Health
• Partner / support on grants Examples of Collaborative Activities
• Reducing opioid poisoning and overdose
• Preventing open water drowning
• Increase child passenger safety to reduce motor vehicle injury
• EMS and Trauma research – alcohol brief itinterven tion pro jec t
• Department of Health host for HIPRC guests from Vietnam, China and Australia Examples of Media Collaboration
• Spanish child passenger safety radio interview
• Traumatic brain injury “In An Instant…” DVD
• Storytelling Impact on Leveraaggging Resources
• Coalition building – access to partners – capacity building
• Data, surveillance , and evaluatioon
• Injury and Violence Prevention works with other state agencies and shares information on resources
• Access to funding resources
• Research by Harborview Injury PPrevention ~ best practices Benefits to Department of Health Injury and Violence Prevention
• Research and scientific expertise
• Policy, protocol, and guidelines development
• Foster interactions and communication with medical /clinical community
• Partnerships and community outreach
• Advocate for injury and violence prevention Conclusions
• Partnerships for impact (community/academia/ public health/health care partnerships)
• New science (drowning risk)
• Innovation ((g)distracted driving)
• Expand what works (opioid poisoning)
• Resources are limited; can’ t affoord to run a program that is not effective