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National Injury Prevention Foundation
Educational Programs for Injury Prevention
Kelli Jankens, MBA, CPST
Chapter Director, ThinkFirst MidMichigan
State Chapter Director, ThinkFirst Michigan!
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Traumatic Injury
• Leading cause of death for children, teens and
young adults
• Due to vehicle crashes, violence, falls and sports
• Brain and spinal cord injuries are among the most
devastating, leading to permanent disability and
death
Most injuries are preventable!
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Mission
ThinkFirst’s mission is to prevent brain,
spinal cord and other traumatic injury
through education, research and
advocacy.
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ThinkFirst Components
• Educational programs for all grades
• Reinforcement
• General public education
• Public policy initiatives
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Programs
In select chapters:
• ThinkFirst For Your Baby
• ThinkFirst For Life: Falls Prevention
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ThinkFirst For Kids
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ThinkFirst For Youth
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Community Events
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ThinkFirst For Teens
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ThinkFirst For Teens Components
• Presentation by Injury Prevention Specialist
-- Explaining HOW Injuries Affect Us
• Explain the causes of injuries and the
importance of safe choices
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VIPs: Voices for Injury Prevention: share their personal story as to how their injury
occurred, how it has affected their life, and how it
could have been prevented
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ThinkFirst Saginaw, 2010
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ThinkFirst at CMU Brain Awareness Week
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Sam Howell, TBI, Distracted Driving
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Chad Kolb, Quadriplegic, Diving Injury
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Nick Cramer, drunk driver, paraplegic
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Western Middle School Assembly
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Western Middle School Assembly
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Student Q & A
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Partners: Students at SVSU
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Partners: Yvonne Brantley, MSP
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Partners: Sports Players
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Partners: EMS and First Responders
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Partners:MoDOT
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Partners: IDOT
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Partners: ThinkFirst International
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What is the impact of
ThinkFirst For Teens?
Teen Survey
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Pretest-posttest Evaluation Gerhardstein, 2006
• Three Chicago suburban high schools
• 500 students, grades 9/10
• Pretests – presentation – posttest
• Knowledge, attitudes, stated behaviors
• Evaluation 3 months later
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Safety Belt Use
5% 4%
10%
5%
38%
22%
46%
69%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Only if I have to Sometimes Most of the time Always
How often do you (now plan to) wear a safety belt?
Pre-Test Post-Test
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General Safety
5%
2%
27%
15%
46%
33%
22%
49%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Not preventable Sometimes preventable Often preventable Almost always preventable
Injuries are:
Pre-Test Post-Test
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Making Safe Choices
2% 2%
18%
9%
45%
33% 34%
56%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Not important Somewhat important Important Very important
I think making safe choices to protect myself from injury is:
Pre-Test Post-Test
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What Has Influenced You Most?
34%
26%
15%
7%
51%
67%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Facts on injury prevention Potential for a ticket Hearing from someone who has
been injured
What has influenced you the most in making safe choices?
Pre-Test Post-Test
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For More Information
ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation
Debby Gerhardstein, Executive Director
1-800-THINK56
www.thinkfirst.org