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Prevention Partners
Domestic Violence
Task Force
ACTION OHIO
Coalition For Battered Women
36 W. Gay St.,
Suite 311, Columbus, OH 43215
614.221.1255
phone, 614.221.6357 fax
www.actionohio.org
Governor's Highway Safety Office: www.highwaysafetyoffice.ohio.gov
- Offers free "Driving Tips for Seniors" educational
presentations to help older drivers sharpen their driving skills.
- a "Third Grade Safety Belt Program" to promote seat belt use
by children.
- Contact GHSO at 614-466-3250 for more details about these
programs.
Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging:
www.ohioaging.org
Ohio Department of Aging:
www.goldenbuckeye.com
Ohio Department of Health:
www.odh.ohio.gov
Ohio Department of Public Safety:
www.ohiopublicsafety.com
- Offers brochures and free materials promoting seat belt use
and on all sorts of driving safety issues. Topics range from
aggressive driving, impaired driving, rural driving and trucking
information to yielding to emergency vehicles.
Safe Kids Coalitions:
http://usa.safekids.org/state_display.cfm?coalition_state=OH
- There are many city/county coalition groups
around the state.
- Their mission is to protect children birth
to age 14 from unintentional injuries as a result of traffic
crashes, burns/fires, choking/poisoning, drowning and falls.
Think First: (National Injury Prevention Foundation):
www.thinkfirst.org
- Offers programs for kids and teens that effectively teach the
consequences of risk-taking behaviors.
* Development of this section of our website was made
possible through a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety /
EMS Division.
Columbus Children's Research Institute:
http://www.ccri.net/ccri/centers/injuryResearch/
- In Columbus, Dr. Smith heads the Injury
Free Coalition for Kids of Columbus with Dr. Jon Groner, also of
Children's.
- The Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK)
Program of Columbus at Columbus Children’s Hospital is housed
within the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) and will
build upon existing programs of the CIRP and the Trauma Program at
Children’s Hospital.
- Dr. Smith is also associated with the
national organization Injury Free Coalition
www.injuryfree.org.
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