Ileana Principal Deputy Director Disease Control PreventionIleana Arias, PhD Principal Deputy...
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Ileana Arias, PhDPrincipal Deputy Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Strengthen surveillance, epidemiology, Strengthen surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory services
Improve ability to support state, tribal, local, Improve ability to support state, tribal, local, and territorial public health
Increase global health impactIncrease global health impact Increase policy impact Better prevent illness, injury, disability, and Better prevent illness, injury, disability, and death
TobaccoTobacco Nutrition, physical activity, obesity, and food safetysafety
Health‐care associated infections Teen pregnancy preventionTeen pregnancy prevention HIV prevention Motor vehicle injury preventionMotor vehicle injury prevention
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56% of motor vehicle crash 5related deaths occurred in rural areas
23% of the US population lives in rural areas
2.5x higher death rate than in urban areas
1.8X higher death rate for AI/AN
Source: CDC, NCIPC, Office of Statistics and Programming, WISQARS. Data Source: CDC, NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, 2006.
Rural Urban
Multiple deaths 11% 7%
EMS response time < 10 minutes
55% 88%minutes
Died on scene 65% 51%
f BAC Law 0 10 MV Safety Act
55 mph Speed
BAC Law 0.10 to 0.08
55 mph Speed Limit
Seat Belt Laws
Strongly Recommended Interventions – Motor Vehicle Interventions – Motor Vehicle
Interventions to Increase the Use of Interventions to Reduce Alcohol‐Child Safety Seats
‐ Child safety seat use laws
Distribution + education
Impaired Driving
‐ 0.08% BAC laws
Minimum legal drinking age laws‐ Distribution + education programs
Interventions to Increase the Use of S f B l
‐ Minimum legal drinking age laws
‐ Sobriety checkpoints
‐ Mass media campaigns Safety Belts
‐ Safety belt use laws
‐ Primary enforcement laws
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‐ Multi‐component community based programs
I i i i l k f Primary enforcement laws
‐ Enhanced enforcement programs‐ Ignition interlocks programs for
convicted offenders
Guide to Community Preventive Services. CDC.
El ti f t hi l f t CDC Elevation of motor vehicle safety as a CDC priority‐ Release of CDC recommendations‐ CDC meetings with DOT and NHTSA leadership‐ Engagement of partners on Public Health and Transportation policy
l i id GDL Planning Guide
Motorcycle Helmet Motorcycle Helmet Tool Kit
Community Guide Review of Ignition Interlocks
Enforce existing seat belt and Enforce existing seat belt and child restraint laws.
High visibility enforcement –g“Click it or Ticket” style campaigns.
Ho Chunk Nation Ho‐Chunk Nation‐ Child safety seat use increased by almost 30%.y 3
‐ Seatbelt use increased by 31%.
RoadsInfrastructure
Vehicles
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l ff i Implement effective interventions
Evaluate Evaluate interventions to ensure our strategies gwork
Build relationships Strengthen effective policy
Tobacco model: ‐ Shift from personal freedom to personal protection issue
Use of workers’ rights as argument for societal protection
Need to create new cultural norms for motor vehicle safety that focus on securing safe roadways for all
Thank you!
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