How our work translates in Maryland
Supporting the work of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene •
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Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core VIPP) Created strategic plan for the Partnership for a Safer Maryland •
Assisted with preparing successful grant application for the program Supporting the Department’s role as the Regional Network Leader for 11 states and the District of Columbia (DHHS Regions 3 and 5) Providing student support to DHMH through paid internships •
Domestic Violence Services Consulting on domestic violence screening and counseling needed in reproductive health care settings Created a shared data system for six hospital-­‐based domestic violence •
programs in Baltimore City, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Prince Georges Counties that will be used to assess women’s needs and measure the impact of services on women’s health and safety •
Project KISS – Kids in Safety Seats •
Conducting collaborative car seat inspections and educational programs Prescription Drug Monitoring Program •
Evaluating utilization by Maryland health care providers •
Developed and disseminated a State Resource for Policy makers, which highlights the burden of injury in Maryland and offers evidence-­‐based •
policy solutions; the document has been replicated by other states, and we are currently creating one for the 11 states and the District of Columbia that make up DHHS Region 3 and 5 Submitted testimony on injury and violence issues, codes, and regulations to leaders in state and local government on sudden infant death, domestic violence, transportation safety, and fire safety, among •
other topics Partner with the University of Maryland on the Network for Public Health Law, which provides no-­‐cost legal information about injury prevention and other public health interventions to governments, non-­‐profits, the public, and others •
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Bringing evidence to state policymakers and other stakeholders Supporting the work of Baltimore City Government Agencies •
Partnered with Baltimore City Fire Department to create the first of its kind mobile safety resource center that has provided fun, interactive, and educational exhibits and low cost safety products to more than 45,000 residents Partnered with the Baltimore City Health Department to promote Walking School Bus and Safe Routes to School programs Assisting the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office by providing evidence on transportation and pedestrian safety issues and Head Starts programs Developing, implementing, and evaluating campaigns and programs Johns Hopkins Pedestrian Safety Campaign was implemented in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Harford counties, with over 39 million audio and visual media impressions Home Safety Study conducted with the Baltimore City Fire Department hired local community health workers who helped install more than 3,800 smoke alarms in Baltimore City homes Conducting critical research and translating results into action Discovered the impact of graduated driver licensing laws on reducing teen motor vehicle crash rates, evidence used to inform new and improved state laws to protect young drivers in the U.S. Demonstrated how recovery from severe trauma depends on self-­‐
management skills and social support, which led to the first national trauma survivors network program that is now operating in many trauma centers in the U.S. Created and tested the first of its kind hospital-­‐based safety resource center, which provides personalized education and low cost safety products to reduce child injuries, and the model has been replicated in many children’s hospitals in the U.S. Training current and future public health and injury control leaders Offer intensive short course in principles and practices of injury control for more than twenty years, training professionals from across the country who go on to leadership positions in government, academia, health care delivery, and public health Offer the largest number of graduate public health courses in injury and violence prevention of anywhere in the U.S., training leaders in injury control research and practice The Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy is one of ten Injury Control Research Centers that receives core support from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC. In our most recently completed five-­‐year funding period, our faculty leveraged this core support to bring in $41 million from federal and private sources plus $60 million from the Department of Defense to conduct groundbreaking research and translate results into action. For every dollar CDC invests in our Center, we provide a return on investment of $36, which is used to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and policies that improve the health and safety of Marylanders, as well as the training of the next generation of public health injury prevention professionals.