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About three of every four car seats are installed improperly, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In some communities that lack safety checks or education programs, the figure is even higher. Read more here. For information on how to properly choose and install your child’s car seat, read more below:
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Child Passenger Safety Week (Sept. 15 – 21, 2013) National Seat Check Saturday (Sept. 21, 2013) Car crashes are a leading cause of death for children 1 to 13 years old. Many times deaths and injuries can be prevented by proper use of car seats, boosters, and seat belts. Download this toolkit and use it
Recent Study Shows Fewer High School Seniors are Licensed to Drive
The proportion of US high school seniors who reported having a driver’s license declined from 85 percent to 73 percent during 1996–2010, according to a recent study published by CDC in the Journal of Safety Research. CDC examined results from the Monitoring the Future survey to estimate the proportion of high school seniors who possessed
New documentary ‘The United States of Football’ takes a powerful look at the sport’s vulnerability when it comes to brain injuries
Watch the official trailer here!
Terrill Foundation launches brain injury scholarship assistance program.
Scholarships dedicated to students with neurologic injuries and diseases are rare and difficult to find. Since, 2009, the Terrill Foundation has provided qualifying high school seniors throughout the 50 states whose lives have been changed by neurologic disease and brain injury have received assistance to further their educational goals at universities and technical schools. This
Infographic: TBI in Kids and Teens Can Impact School Performance
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association More kids suffer from traumatic brain injury than ever before. Half a million children get medial treatment for TBI each year. Did you know that US emergency departments treat more than 170,000 sports- and recreation-related TBIs, including concussions, in children and teens, each year? Did you know that children between 10 and
CDC Grand Rounds: Reducing Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States
A recent MMWR report highlights the problem of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States. It summarizes how public health efforts can reduce the incidence of severe TBI and mitigate their short- and long-term consequences through primary prevention, early management, and comprehensive approaches to rehabilitation and community reintegration for TBI survivors. In addition,
June edition of Brain Injury Journey Magazine electronic version available for free
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