New York State Safe Kids Coalition

SAFE KIDS New York State
Led by: North Shore-LIJ Health System
Coordinator: Rosemarie Ennis
175 Community Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021
516-465-2500

SAFE KIDS New York State is a coalition of public and private organizations working together to prevent injuries and deaths to children. Unintentional injuries are the number one killer of children ages 0 to 14. Local statistics have identified the need to focus on: child passenger safety, pedestrian safety, bicycle/wheeled sports safety, water safety, falls and fire/burn safety. More children die annually from unintentional injury than from all childhood diseases combined. Nationally, more than ------- children under age 14 are killed and at least -------- are permanently disabled from injury each year. Children are seriously injured and killed in traffic as passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists. They also suffer from burns, drowning, poisoning, choking, firearm injuries and falls. These injuries exact a tremendous toll, not only in lives lost, but also in years of financial and emotional suffering caused by lifelong disabilities. New York State coalition members have a passion to protect children, enabling them to grow healthy and safe.

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Sincerely,

Rosemarie Ennis, EMT, Coordinator
SAFE KIDS New York State Coalition

We Are SAFE KIDS New York !

The SAFE KIDS New York State Coalition works to prevent unintentional injuries to children from birth through age 14.

The Coalition primarily addresses the following major injury risk areas:

Traffic incident, including children as passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists
Fires and burns
Drowning and near-drowning
Falls
Choking, suffocation, strangulation
Poisoning

The goal of the New York SAFE KIDS Coalitions is to reduce the incidence of preventable childhood injury to children under 14. The Coalition is a structured group of diverse individuals and organizations who have joined together to:

Provide leadership in the community in reducing childhood injury/death
from accidents in New York State through injury prevention/safety
programs and initiatives
Encourage both local and state legislative, advocacy
Achieve practical safety improvements through public policy
development and, best practices Working for change in products
and the environment that will reduce the causes of injury
Raise overall community awareness about injury incidence and
injury prevention through the media and public education.
Educating adults and children about specific injury prevention
techniques and emergency response
Distribute lifesaving products such as smoke/carbon
monoxide detectors, bike helmets, and child car seats
Raising awareness among adults, especially parents and childcare providers, that injury/death from accidents in the leading health

threat of young children

New York currently has eight active SAFE KIDS Coalitions statewide addressing preventable injuries in children under 14. They are:

Adirondack Coalition Led by: The Foundation of CVPH Medical Center
Capital Region Coalition Led by: Albany Medical Center
Nassau County Coalition Led by: North Shore- LIJ Health System
New York City Coalition Led by: NYC Department of Transportation
[ Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island ]
Otsego County Coalition Led by: Bassett Health Care
Suffolk County Coalition Led by: Stony Brook University Medical Center
Upstate NY Coalition Led by: Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital
Westchester County Coalition Led by: Blythedale Children's Hospital

New York currently has eight active SAFE KIDS Coalitions statewide addressing preventable injuries in children under 14. They are:

Central New York Chenango County Chapter
Led by: Chenango County Child Care Coordinating Council
Finger Lakes Chapter Led by: Canandaigua YMCA
Franklin County Chapter Led by: Alice Hyde Medical Center
Queens County Chapter Led by: North Shore- LIJ Health System
Livingston County Chapter Led by: Cornell Cooperative Extension
Town of Greece Chapter Led by: Greece Police Department
Brooklyn / Kings County Chapter Led by: Lutheran Medical Center
Rockland County Chapter Led by: Nyack Hospital
Western New York State Chapter Led by: SafeWNY, Inc.

SAFE KIDS coalitions promote collaboration among local businesses, traffic safety and public health professionals, concerned citizens, local government and members of various other organizations. SAFE KIDS Coalitions activities include:

Educating children on the health risks of falls, burns,
poison, drowning, choking and motor vehicle crashes (seat belts, child safety seats, pedestrian/bicycle safety).
Assisting agencies integrate injury prevention activities
into their setting.
Collaborating with national, state and local agencies
to develop unintentional injury prevention initiatives.
Developing written materials and information sharing state-of
-the-art practices.
Distributing/loaning bicycle safety helmets and Child Safety
seats to children in need.
Conduct Car Seat Check Up Events and work at Child Safety
Seat Fitting Stations