HABS: Putting Home Safety to Work: How to Implement a Home Safety Program in Your Community
Date: June 19, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Type: Webinar
Background:
- Highlight the magnitude of home injury deaths and incidents in the United States
- Describe findings from a recent omnibus study of adults’ knowledge, attitudes, and self- reported behaviors related to safety hazards in different areas of the home
- Showcase the Home Safety Council’s newest online tool – MySafeHome.org
- Provide strategies for encouraging your community to join in promoting June each year as Home Safety Month
If you are interested in learning more about preventing injuries from falls, poisonings, fire/burns, drowning and choking/suffocation in and around the home, we invite you to participate in this online workshop. After Angela’s presentation there will be an opportunity for questions, comments, and discussion.
Materials:
- Recorded Presentation, Audio (This is a large mp3 file; download times may be slow.)
- Download the presentation (PowerPoint file)
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