The Comprehensive Children’s Injury Center (CCIC) partners with neighborhood agencies and nonprofit organizations, schools, churches, health departments, EMS providers, and local governments to implement school and community-based educational programming and events to promote safety.
We have developed community-based programs, for all ages, aimed at reducing the occurrence of pediatric injuries across our region.
Kids under 5 are most injured in the home setting. These home injuries are preventable.
Our home safety program offers qualifying families with children under five a comprehensive in-home educational visit and free home safety equipment bundle with on the spot installation. Families receiving our home safety bundle have decreased their likelihood of having a child visit our Emergency Room by up to 59 percent.
In-home educational topics include: fire, water, poison, burn and fall prevention, gun and medication safe storage and safe sleep practices.
The CCIC Home Safety Program also partners with community agencies, nonprofits, schools, churches, health departments, EMS providers, and local governments to identify participants, promote the program and assist with the education and installation of home safety equipment.
For more information contact the Home Safety Program call 513-517-4663 (HOME) or email homesafety@cchmc.org.
Properly-fitted helmets can reduce the risk of head injuries by at least 45 percent – yet less than half of children 14 and under usually wear a bike helmet.
The CCIC Bike Safety Program partners with community agencies to provide parents, caregivers, teachers, and children with tools to learn the important basics about bike safety. Our CCIC bike safety outreach includes:
The helmet program is grant funded and availability of a free helmet varies. For more information contact the CCIC at 513-636-7865 option 1.
Unintentional pedestrian injuries are a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States for children ages 5 to 19. Teenagers are now at greatest risk with a death rate twice that of younger children, accounting for half of all child pedestrian deaths.
The CCIC’s Pedestrian Safety outreach encourages kids to walk safely by empowering them with skills to become confident and safe pedestrians and role models.
Our outreach implements Safe Kids’ “Walk this Way” events at local schools to show kids how to:
If your organization is interested in receiving more information about the CCIC’s Pedestrian Safety outreach contact 513-636-7865 option 1.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USPSC), emergency departments treat more than 200,000 children for playground-related injuries each year. Nearly 80 percent of playground injuries are caused by falls associated with climbers, swings, slides and overhead ladders, according to the National Program for Playground Safety.
The CCIC partners with schools, recreation centers and community organizations to provide playground safety education to:
If your organization is interested in receiving more information about the CCIC’s Playground Safety outreach contact 513-636-7865 option 1.
We provide services to low/medium-income families through Buckle Up for Life--our community based child passenger safety program from Cincinnati Children’s and Toyota.
If you are interested in receiving information about the upcoming dates, times and locations of our community car seat classes, follow the Comprehensive Children’s Injury Center Facebook page.
To register for a Community Car Seat class contact 513-636-3153.
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