Child Injury Action Group

About Us

The developmental and cognitive abilities of children play a significant role in their vulnerability to injury. The function of the Child Injury Action Group (CIAG) is to identify priorities and strategies to reduce child injury in Ohio. The CIAG has identified focus areas to address in their five-year strategic plan including: teen driving, traumatic brain injury, safe sleep, youth suicide and child passenger safety. 

Ongoing priorities of the CIAG include:

  • Increasing statewide collaboration around child injury prevention efforts.
  • Building state and local capacity for child injury prevention efforts.
  • Researching and assessing the feasibility of implementing evidence-based injury prevention policies and programs at the local and state levels.
  • Promoting evidence-based child and youth injury prevention programs throughout Ohio.

The Ohio Youth Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan 2022-2026 is a product of the CIAG Youth Suicide Subcommittee and the Suicide Prevention Plan for Ohio.

2023 Project Pilot Recipients 

 

  •  The University of Dayton is piloting innovative methods for effective parental and family education on head injury prevention and care. An evaluation will be conducted to determine the best method(s) for effectively providing head injury prevention and care to the target audiences.

 

  • Kidz in Motion is piloting the National Child Passenger Safety on School Buses National Training courses in Ohio. Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPSTs) will have the opportunity to earn this Safe Kids Certification-recognized endorsement by attending and completing the training as a student. As part of this pilot project, CPSTs earning this endorsement will be provided mentorship opportunities as they become a resource for their community. 
     

CIAG has distributed more than $200,000 in Pilot Projects since 2012.  The next pilot project application will be available this fall.

Questions?

Contact the CIAG Coordinator: Nicole Dorsey (dorseyn@starkhealth.org)

How to Join

The CIAG is an action group of the Ohio Injury Prevention Partnership (OIPP). To become a member of the OIPP or any of the OIPP action groups, please complete the online membership application online membership application. You will begin to receive meeting notifications and updates about the group's activities.