Safe Communities.....
Program Staff Linda Rose, PHN
Collaborating Agencies and Citizens Tehama County Health Agency, Public Health Division Alternatives to Violence St. Elizabeth's Community Hospital Farm Bureau STATIS Victim Witness Department of Education Tehama County Health Partnership Public Health Advisory Board Tehama County Coroner's Office California Highway Patrol Red Bluff Police Department Corning High School
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- A Safe Community is a community
that promotes injury prevention activities at the local level to solve
local injury problems. It uses a "bottom up" approach involving its
citizens in addressing key injuryproblems.
- 1. A Safe
Community program uses an integrated and comprehensive injury control system
that addresses commmunity injury problems.
2. The community has a coalition/task force that has representation from local citizens and agencies.
3. The community conducts comprehensive problems identification.
4. The community conducts program assessments to determine gaps in injury prevention activities.
5. The community implements a plan that addresses the injury problems.
6. The community evaluates the program to determine the impact and cost benefit where possible.
- As a result of this project the Tehama County Childhood Injury Profile was created.
- Evaluation of the data and selection of an injury prevention activity is in progress.
- Implementation is planned to begin in early 1999.
- Contact the Tehama County
Health Agency, Public Health Division at (530) 527-6824. Ask for
Chris Kimmel, Program Coordinator.