Get on Board with Child Safety!
Wilmington, Delaware
Monday, May 07, 2007 @ 10:04 AM EDT
by: James F. Lardear
Director, Public Relations
(302) 652-6092
jlardear@nemours.org
Get on Board with Child Safety! – a national injury prevention campaign spearheaded by Dorel Juvenile Group’s Safety 1st brand and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) – has just selected partner children’s hospitals to open safety stores and centers in six locations across the country. With funding support from the campaign, the six hospitals will create safety hubs where families can learn about injury prevention and purchase items necessary to keep their children secure.
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death of American children ages 1 to 14 years, and many parents and caregivers are unaware of the risks around the home and on the road that present a danger to their children. By opening safety stores and centers and through participation in the Get on Board with Child Safety! campaign, the hospitals involved are promoting injury prevention as a priority for families and caregivers.
Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (Wilmington, Del.) and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will each open a dedicated, free-standing safety store staffed by health educators. The stores will be modeled after the safety store at Indianapolis’ Riley Hospital for Children, which opened in 2005. Children’s Hospital of Orange County (Orange, Calif.), St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston) will each open a safety center, which will be integrated into existing hospital retail spaces or programs. The six hospitals were selected by NACHRI and Dorel Juvenile Group out of 18 applicants.
Safety stores and centers will provide resources and offer products related to child injury prevention, such as cabinet locks, outlet covers, car seats, bike helmets, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
“The Get on Board with Child Safety! campaign is excited to work with these hospitals to continue educating parents and caregivers about preventing child injury,” said Karen Seaver Hill, director of child advocacy at NACHRI. “These hospitals are extremely accomplished in treating child trauma, and we have no doubt they will be successful in promoting injury prevention to the diverse populations they serve.”
All of the safety stores and centers are anticipated to open to the public by the end of 2007.
For more information, visit www.getonboardwithsafety.com.
About Get on Board with Child Safety!
The Get on Board with Child Safety! campaign is a national child injury prevention initiative to educate parents, caregivers and consumers nationwide about the changes they can make to prevent unintentional injuries in and around the home and on the road. The campaign is led by Dorel Juvenile Group USA’s Safety 1st brand and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI).
About Dorel
Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX: DII.B, DII.A) is a global consumer products company engaged in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of a diverse portfolio of powerful consumer brands, sold through its Juvenile, Home Furnishings and Recreational/Leisure segments. Headquartered in Montreal and with significant operations in the United States and Europe, Dorel employs approximately 4,700 people in 15 countries. Annual sales are U.S. $1.8 billion and are made in over 60 countries worldwide. Dorel Juvenile Group USA markets the Cosco and Safety 1st brands as well as Eddie Bauer and Disney Baby licensed products.
About NACHRI
The National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), an organization of 208 children’s hospitals and related institutions in the United States, Canada and abroad, promotes the health and well-being of children and their families through support of children’s hospitals and health systems. NACHRI and its members work collectively to ensure children’s access to health care and the continuing ability of children’s hospitals to provide services that all children need.
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About Nemours
Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.
Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.
Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.
