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Safe Communities Designation Emory

Safe Communities Designation Emory. Debra Houry MD, MPH Director, Emory Center for Injury Control Vice Chair for Research, Emergency Medicine Associate Professor, School of Medicine. Emory Center for Injury Control (ECIC). Collaborative, multi-institution research center

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Safe Communities Designation Emory

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  1. Safe Communities DesignationEmory Debra Houry MD, MPH Director, Emory Center for Injury Control Vice Chair for Research, Emergency Medicine Associate Professor, School of Medicine

  2. Emory Center for Injury Control (ECIC) • Collaborative, multi-institution research center • 1 of 3 WHO U.S. Collaborating Centers • Designated Pan American Health Organization Collaborating Center • One of 11 CDC funded Injury Control Research Centers (ICRCs) • Mission: build the field of injury prevention and reduce injuries and violence in Georgia • Focus on intentional and unintentional injury

  3. What is Safe Communities? • Communities that: • Promote Safety • Reduce Injuries • Prepare for Disasters • Why not a university?

  4. Safety Issues at Emory • Safety Issues At Emory • Suicide • Intimate Partner Violence • Motor Vehicle Collisions • Sports and Recreational Injuries • Occupational Injuries • Falls • Poisoning and Overdose • Violence • Environmental Hazards Our Community 2009, Emory’s Composition Statistics Diversity Profile

  5. What is Safe Communities? • Application Requirements • Define our Community • What is Emory’s community? • Students, staff, faculty, visitors • All the campuses • Injury Data • >20 different sources • Programs • Range from Chaplain to Greek Life • Evaluation • CPAR

  6. Why Emory? • Culture of Safety • Collaborative Effort • Share Resources • Prestige for Emory • Reduce Injuries and Violence • Commitment to Community

  7. Timeline

  8. Emory Safety Alliance • Structure • Leadership • Composed of Injury and Safety stakeholders at Emory • Purpose • Develop the 6 Indicators • Design Emory Injury Surveillance System • Review Application

  9. More info at: Website: www.emorycenterforinjurycontrol.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmoryCIC Linked in Group: Emory Center for Injury Control Twitter: @EmoryCIC

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