Connecting theDots

Federal Partnerships to Win the Winnable Battle of Motor Vehicle Winnable Battle of Motor Vehicle

Injuries

Grant Baldwin, PhD, MPHDirector, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention

h l hi b lliNoah Aleshire, Rebecca Greco Kone, Ann Dellinger

May 2, 2012

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention

Leading cause of death hild t d ltchildren, teens, young adults

1 death every 15 minutes 1 death every 15 minutes

8 teens die every dayy y

4 million ED visits every year

“Create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and

l l l d i i l i ”relentlessly drive it to completion”

adapted from Jack Welchadapted from Jack Welch

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention

Public Health Leadership to Keep People Safe on the Road – Everyday.

Preventing motor vehicle injuries and deaths is a g jCDC “Winnable Battle”

T b • Tobacco use

• Nutrition/obesity (including food safety) (including food safety)

• HIV

• Healthcare-associated infections

M hi l h • Motor vehicle crashes

• Teen pregnancy

Frieden - Health Impact PyramidIncreasing PopulationImpact

IncreasingIndividual

Effort

p y

Counseling & Education

Needed

Long-lasting,

Clinical Interventions

Changing the Context

Long lasting, Protective Interventions

Socioeconomic Factors

to Make Individuals’ Default Decisions Healthy/Safe

Frieden, TR. A Framework for Action: The Public Health Pyramid. American Journal of Public Health,2010 ;100(4), 590-595.

CDC focuses on THREE high-impact areas

Seat belts &child passenger safetychild passenger safety

T d i fTeen driver safety

Alcohol‐impaireddriving

Leveraging Areas of StrengthLeveraging Areas of Strength

• Public health agency• Regulatory agency g y

• Strengthening science base

• Engaging public health community

• Advancing injury prevention policies, programs, & practices

• Engaging public health community

• Interdisciplinary research

• Enforcing safety standards

• Overseeing highway safety grants

• Translating data into evidence-based programs & policies

• Global road safety leadership

• Data-driven behavioral & safety research

• Global road safety leadership• Regulations & enforcement

CDC + NHTSA Maximizing Federal Resources and Expertise

Five Areas of Collaboration:Five Areas of Collaboration:

Improve Data

Strengthen PolicyStrengthen Policy

Synergize Programs & Research

l d d Translate Evidence-Based Interventions

Build Partnerships

Improving Data

Improve the quality and interconnectivity of surveillance systems

C hLinking crash recordsCrash

Outcome

gmedical records

Led by NHTSA

Outcome

Data

~16 participating states

CDC provides resources & analysisWorking on technical analysis w/ South

Evaluation

S

Working on technical analysis w/ South Carolina

Requires broad partnershipsG ’ ffi di l d t System Governors’ offices, medical data collection, universities, public health

Strengthening Policy

Strengthen joint policy strategies around traffic and g j p y gpublic health, at both national and state levels.

NHTSA + GHSA + CDC

Challenges for ignition interlocksChallenges for ignition interlocks• Varying state laws and use• Reluctance at ordering use• Lack of interlock providersp

Analysis of 5 states’ policies• Case studies of ignition interlock useg• Identify what makes programs successful

Synergizing Programs & ResearchSynergizing Programs & Research

CDC and NHTSA can best leverage resources through ll b ti d hcollaborative programs and research

Advanced Automatic Advanced Automatic Collision Notification

(AACN)

Improving injury response• Sensors to activate Sensors to activate

during a crash• Life-saving potential

Voice ConnectionAir Bag DeploymentAir Bag DeploymentCrash SeverityData Transmission

Translating Evidence into Practice

Identify and disseminate evidence-based strategies for y gwidespread adoption

Sobriety Checkpoint Community Guide y yUpdate

NHTSA a key advisor • Member of coordinating

committee

Motorcycle Helmet GuideNHTSA a key advisor

• Member of coordinating committeeMember of coordinating committee

Achieving Economies of Scale

LESSONS LEARENED: 8

Achieving Economies of Scale

LESSONS LEARENED: 8 Tribes Funded Now by CDC – Informed by L L dLessons Learned

BEST PRACTICE: Collaborate with the Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and NHTSA –Best Practice Manual

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Building Partnerships

Explore opportunities to work collaboratively with yother federal, state and local partners, and NGOs

Connecting the Dots

Public Health Transportationp

U i itiCounty

N P fit

State Highway

UniversitiesCounty

Governments

Governors’

Non-Profits

Car M fPatrol

School BoardsSheriffEnvironmental

Offices Manufacturers

School BoardsSheriffDepartment

What States Can Do: Examplesp

Utah: Unifying Behind a CampaignCampaign

Utah Teen Traffic Safety Task Force

Coordinated activities to improve d fteen driving safety

Developed “Don’t Drive Stupid” Campaign

Kansas: Cross Agency CollaborationCollaboration

Developed safety recommendations

Unified efforts of broad range of agenciesagencies

Key Lesson from CDC & NHTSA’s Partnershipy p

The world needs dreamers. The world needs doers.

But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333600 C to oad , t a ta, G 30333

Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348

E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web: http://www.cdc.gov

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention