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Global Road Safety at CDC David Sleet Ph.D.
Erin Parker Ph.D., and Dave Ederer M.P.H. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and
Stephanie Pratt Ph.D. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Kickoff - Decade of Action for Road Safety Washington, DC
Grover Tom Frieden CDC Director
David Strickland NHTSA Director
2010-2013
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Motor Vehicle Injuries: A CDC Global Winnable Battle
• Winnable battles are public health priorities with large-scale
impact on health and with known, effective strategies.
• Battle: Traffic injury burden is rising • Winnable: We have effective solutions that work
Battle Winnable
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Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
Where does CDC fit?
Road safety management
Safer roads and mobility
Safer vehicles
Safer road users
Post –crash response
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CDC’s approach to global road safety
Evaluate road traffic injury surveillance systems
Build capacity to analyze road traffic data
Use data to drive decision making
Build integrated surveillance systems
Disseminate findings and best practices globally
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Cambodia
Botswana
Thailand
= Country project
Where does CDC work?
China
Tanzania
Kenya
India
Uganda
Haiti
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Thailand & Tanzania
Partners: Ministries of Public Health
Improve surveillance using multiple existing data sources o e.g., police, hospital, insurance, EMS
• Review existing road traffic policies
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Kenya
• Partners: WHO, Kenya Ministry of Health • Pilot mortuary-based fatal injury surveillance system
o Based on WHO’s “Fatal injury surveillance in mortuaries and hospitals: a manual for practitioners”
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China
• Partners: China CDC (Ministry of Health)
• Burden and economic costs of road traffic crashes • Electric-bicycle injury surveillance data (e-bikes) • Child safety seat knowledge, attitudes, and use
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Cambodia Evaluate Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative
(GHVI) Partners: Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP), Handicap International, Johns Hopkins Program goal: Put a helmet on every head
CDC’s role is evaluation
• Population helmet observations • Pre/post intervention helmet observations • Surveys of barriers and facilitators to helmet use
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India: Promote safety of heavy-goods vehicle drivers
• Partners: Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), Conrad Hilton Foundation, CDC Foundation
• Collaboration between NIOSH/Injury/Environmental Health
Provide guidance on content, implementation, and evaluation of
post-license training
Build capacity for fleet safety management among transport contractors through workshops
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Global Strategic Goal: Reduce work-related motor vehicle crashes and resulting injuries globally through national and international collaborations on occupational motor vehicle safety research and guidance.
Technical assistance and consultation for international initiatives and documents on work-related road safety
International research and demonstration projects to prevent road traffic injury in worker populations, aligned with the plan for the Decade of Action
• Manuscript on data sources for work-related crashes globally
• Task force on Road Safety and Connected Mobility: 2014 Challenge Bibendum
• Engagement with multinational partners through NETS
• Journey management guidance for employers
• U.S. committee for ISO 39001
• Keynote presentation at Occupational Safety in Transport conference
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MINI-GRANTS Field Epidemiology Training Program
(CDC supports FETP programs in 46 countries)
Small grants ($5,000) to conduct traffic injury projects based on proposals • Piloting injury surveillance systems • Evaluating surveillance systems • Analyzing surveillance and risk data
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= FETP mini-grant project
CDC FETP Injury Mini-Grant Projects Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, Yemen, Mongolia.
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Other Global Involvement
Haiti - Drive Cam for US Gov’t vehicles Argentina – World Bank Guidelines for Country Road Safety
Engagement Botswana –TA to develop Injury Research Center- Univ. Botswana Peru – evaluation of alcohol outlet density policies YOURS –development of the Youth and Road Safety Action Kit WHO - CDC is a WHO Collaborating Center & we support road
safety projects ASIRT - Partnering with Rodriguez Memorial Foundation – Latin
American RTI document on impact on families
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Thank you
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