Safe States

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by Cody Dix3 views·Updated May 5, 2022
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  1. Hi, my name is Cody Dixon.
  2. I will be doing my presentation on the Safe States Alliance.
  3. This organization was formed in 1993.
  4. The State and Territorial injury Prevention Directors
  5. Association is a nonprofit organization of public health
  6. and public health injury professionals representing all
  7. states and territories of the United States.
  8. The aim of this organization is to strengthen
  9. the ability of state territorial and local health departments
  10. to reduce the death and disability associated with injury
  11. and violence.
  12. During the Second World Congress of Injury Prevention and Control,
  13. sponsored by the U.
  14. S. Centers
  15. of Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Georgia.
  16. Representatives of
  17. the US State and
  18. Territory injury prevention program voted to
  19. formally organize the Safe States Alliance
  20. to represent the interests
  21. of injury prevention
  22. program.
  23. Programs at state, territorial
  24. local and travel
  25. Dating all the way back to 1993 when they first
  26. And became a group in 1997,
  27. they had their first executive director
  28. hired and Safe States released
  29. in 1999 consensus recommendations for State Health
  30. Department was released and in 2000 and one
  31. was when the first state Technical assessment team visit conducted
  32. In 2004,
  33. this organization exchanged online community had launched
  34. And in 2005
  35. this organization and Savior Divine Core
  36. compared
  37. And in 2016 standards and indicators for Trauma based Ivp were released and in 2018,
  38. the Safe States Alliance is now celebrating their 25th anniversary.
  39. The major goal for this organization
  40. is preventing injuries
  41. and violence
  42. and with the goal of the Safe
  43. the Safe States Alliance
  44. does a very good job
  45. at hammering down on urban areas and inner city violence.
  46. Um, this
  47. organization
  48. is very dedicated
  49. in
  50. making sure that low crime rates and low violence rates
  51. are a must in the future.
  52. The Safe States Alliance
  53. really does a nice job on their website where it breaks down or they're there.
  54. Their core process
  55. in making sure
  56. violence and injury
  57. is successful
  58. and in their ways,
  59. increasing awareness of injury and violence throughout the lifespan
  60. as a public health is a major problem,
  61. providing educational opportunities,
  62. training and professional development for those within
  63. the injury and violence prevention field,
  64. advocating for public health policies
  65. designed to advance injury and violence
  66. prevention
  67. Convention leaders and
  68. serving as the voice of injury and violence prevention
  69. programs within state health departments and representing the diverse
  70. professionals
  71. that make up the injury and violence professional field.
  72. Lastly in their process, they have down
  73. enhancing the capacity of public health agencies
  74. and their partners to ensure effective injury and violence prevention programs.
  75. Bye!
  76. Disseminating best practices, setting standards for surveillance,
  77. conducting programs,
  78. assessments and facilitating peer to peer technical assistance.
  79. A major reason why the Safe States Alliance
  80. is a very successful organization
  81. is because they value
  82. they have very
  83. embrace full core values and these values are collaboration fulfilling our
  84. mission and building a safer healthier America requires strong partnership.
  85. We do our best to ensure a culture of
  86. inclusions,
  87. openness and accessibility.
  88. The members that they have in this organization
  89. are very respectful and they value the diversity
  90. and believe that everyone deserves to be heard
  91. and treated equally honesty with honesty and empathy.
  92. And this organization is very strong in embracing the excellence
  93. and striving for high standards of performance
  94. by measuring what counts, taking action
  95. based on facts
  96. and
  97. consistently looking for opportunities for innovation
  98. and improvement.
  99. And with these core values.
  100. This prevention program
  101. is focusing on changing social norms about the
  102. accessibility of violence and within the and willingness.
  103. Sorry to intervene, improving skills.
  104. And for example, this organization really hammers down on communication skills,
  105. working on individuals and impulse controlling,
  106. working with families and parenting.
  107. Mhm.
  108. And
  109. if there are any coping methods that they must deal with,
  110. this organization is very
  111. impressive when it comes to
  112. dealing with different individuals. They acknowledge the perpetual injustices
  113. that race racism inflicts on the communities that we serve.
  114. They are very committed to promoting racial
  115. and healing racial healing and racial equity.
  116. This organization's
  117. policies, practices and values
  118. all represent that