Nhan Hoa Comprehensive Health Care Clinic is a non-profit organization located in the city of Garden Grove. Their mission is to provide cost-effective, family based health services to people who may not otherwise have access to them due to financial, language, cultural, lifestyle, or psychological barriers, regardless of ability to pay. The clinic was founded in 1992 by a group of Vietnamese professionals. They saw a need to focus on providing health care access to the underserved Vietnamese community. Nhan Hoa Clinic receives funding through various organizations in order to provide services to Orange County residents.

Nhan Hoa has been an active SCIPP site since 2005. Nga Nguyen, M.D. counsels new parents on injury prevention while giving them a packet of SCIPP materials to study at home. She also believes that "education is everything" and believes all parents should be educated on injury prevention. Dr. Nguyen and My-Hanh Nguyen, Health Educator, are both appreciative of SCIPP materials in Vietnamese, since this is the population seen most at the clinic.

WHAT CAN SCIPP DO FOR YOU:

• Save time on counseling
• Receive car seat information
• Receive Injury Prevention materials and resources
• Receive Injury Prevention presentations

To become a SCIPP site, please contact Annelee Gallegos at 714-971-0695 or via email at amgallegos@sbcglobal.net. If you are already a SCIPP site, consider becoming a Connected Kids provider. Please see "Connected Kids Update," in this newsletter to learn more.

An airline harness for children weighing between 22 and 44 pounds has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. Safer than lap belts and easier to tote on board than child safety seats for cars, the CARES harness,$75, can be purchased at kidsflysafe.com. Child safety seats should still be used for children under 20 pounds, and for automobile travel upon reaching your destination.

CHICAGO ñ As more than 24,000 children (most under age 5) were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms in 2005 for shopping cart related injuries, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is recommending improved shopping cart safety standards and practices for parents, manufacturers and businesses.

Most shopping cart injuries occur when a child falls from a shopping cart, the cart tips over, the child becomes entrapped in the cart, or the child falls while riding on the outside of the cart, according to the new policy statement, ìShopping Cart-Related Injuries to Children.î Injuries to the head and neck accounted for 74 percent of shopping-cart related injuries among children younger than 15. Of the 4 percent of these children treated in an emergency room for a shopping cart injury, more than 93 percent were under age 5.

Before transporting a child in a shopping cart, parents and caregivers should carefully consider the potential for injury and adhere to the following safety rules:

• Always place your child in an effective and size-appropriate belt or harness.
• Never leave your child alone in a shopping cart.
• Do not let your child stand-up in a shopping cart.
• Do not place an infant carrier on top of the shopping cart.
• Do not allow your child to ride in the basket.
• Do not allow your child to ride on the outside of a cart.
• Do not allow an older child to climb on the cart or push the cart with another child inside.

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An AAP policy statement on shopping cart safety will be released in August.

The CA4, AAP Injury and Violence Prevention Program is continually striving to implement more effective and efficient programs and policies to reduce the leading causes of death and disability for Orange County children age 0 ñ 5 years. Implementation of Connected Kids, the new national AAP Violence Prevention Program, has been a focus of our efforts. Here are some highlights of Connected Kids in Orange County:

• CA4 is the first chapter to implement Connected Kids for medical professionals.
• Adapted and expanded Connected Kids program for use in non-clinical settings.
• Produced a modified Connected Kids Clinical Guide for Professionals.
• Nine implementation workshops conducted; over 225 professionals trained.
• Translated and culturally adapted nine national Connected Kids brochures into Spanish (with assistance of our partners).
• "Connected Kids" Goes to School has begun in the Westminster School District (CA4, AAP Healthy People 2010 grant).

Our staff and consultants have been hard at work contributing to the success of our efforts. Please contact IVPP at 714-971-0695 if you are interested in integrating violence prevention in your work/practice.

SAVE THE DATE!

For more information, please call CA4 - AAP at (714) 971-0695.

The first school-based ìConnected Kidsî workshop was held on February 28, 2006, in partnership with Westminster School District (WSD). Joey Van Camp, RN (Coordinating Nurse) and Debra Hill (Coordinator, Supplemental Services Department) of Westminster School District recruited workshop participants representing the entire school community; not only teachers and other multi-disciplinary school personnel, but also local law enforcement, after school programs, community centers and parents. Phyllis Agran, MD (IVPP Medical Director) and Carolyn Moser, MD (Chief Pediatric Resident, UCI) were met with much enthusiasm as they provided the group with an orientation to the Connected Kids program before having participants break into smaller groups to plan implementation in their specific setting. Workshop participants were eager to implement Connected Kids in a variety of ways, including one-on-one discussions with children and parents, integration of information in parent-teacher meetings, and development of parent education workshops.

IVPP staff will follow-up with workshop participants in the coming months to assess their successes and challenges with Connected Kids implementation. Look for updates in future newsletters.