Event

Injury Prevention Conference

On October 3, 2017, a statewide injury prevention conference will be held at the Radisson in Cromwell, CT. The Injury Prevention Center at Connecticut Children's Medical Center and the Injury Prevention, Community Outreach & Research department at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital are working collaboratively on this conference to bring together stakeholders from across the state to examine the issues impacting our children and families.

The conference will have simultaneous sessions with two conference tracks, 1) Road Safety and 2) Suicide/Violence/Substance Abuse. Participants will be able to elect to attend sessions in either track.

Conference Agenda:

8:30am Registration & Coffee

9:00am Welcome

10:00am Session 1a: Motorcycle Safety
10:00am Session 1b: Suicide Prevention

11:00am Session 2a: Pedestrian Safety
11:00am Session 2b: Firearms & Urban Violence

12:00pm Lunch & Keynote

1:30pm Session 3a: Teen Driving Safety
1:30pm Session 3b: Violence Against Women and Children

2:30pm Session 4a: Child Passenger Safety
2:30pm Session 4b: Opioid Epidemic

3:30pm Coffee & Networking

Who should attend?

This conference is geared toward an audience of advocates that includes Trauma Center staff, police, EMS, social workers, child passenger safety technicians, and other safety champions.

CMEs will be available.

This conference is made possible through Safe Kids Connecticut and the generous support of the Connecticut Elks Association.

Please contact Amneris Torres for a paper invoice to pay by check.