What’s New in the Passenger Safety Program

1. What’s New in the Passenger Safety Program Presented by Dawn Mayer, Child Passenger Safety Program Director Shelley Aabrekke, RN, Child Passenger Safety Technician Proxy

2. Objectives: • Describe best practices regarding child passenger safety. • Discover the advantages of having a Child Passenger Technician in your office. • Discuss how to integrate passenger safety into the public health workday. • Explain the importance of Teen Impact

3. Child Passenger Safety Best Practices • Rear-Facing (infant and convertible) • Forward-Facing (harnessed seats) • Boosters (belt positioning) • Seat Belt

4. North Dakota Child Passenger Safety Law • Children younger than 8 years / restraint must be used correctly • A correctly-used seat belt may be substituted if at least 4’9” tall under 8 yr • Children ages 8 through 17 must be properly secured in a seat belt or child restraint • Children younger than 18 must be restrained in all locations of vehicle • The penalty is $25 and one point against the driver.

5. National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training • NHTSA - National Certification Training offered in every state. • 3-4 day - fairly intense training • Certification is good for two years • Recertification • 6 CEUs • 2 hours community service • 6 approved installations by instructor or cps tech proxy • Fee

6. North Dakota Certified Car Seat Technicians 2018 Stanley N=271 Number of Technicians 1 2-5 6-10 11-20 21+ Rolla Bowbells Sherwood Bottineau Crosby 8 Belcourt Mohall Cavalier Pembina Towner 4 Burke Bottineau Drayton Divide Renville 3 Rolette Cavalier Rugby 6 Glenburn Park River 3 Rugby Williams 5 2 Williston Ramsey Walsh New Town Grafton 10 Devils Lake 22 Minnewauken Surrey McHenry GF AFB Pierce Mountrail 3 Ward Trenton Grand Forks Minot Wilton 43 Benson Larimore Douglas Watford City Ft. Totten Nelson 3 Grand Forks Fessenden New Rockford McKenzie Eddy 3 23 Garrison 2 Hazen Mayville McLean Sheridan Carrington Hillboro Traill Griggs Steele 2 Foster Wells Finley Mercer 3 Riverdale Beulah Cooperstown Cando 2 Dunn Kidder Stutsman Burleigh Arthur Oliver Billings Valley City Fargo Jamestown Mapleton Beach Steele 33 2 15 33 5 10 Dickinson Mandan West Fargo Golden Valley 8 10 Stark Bismarck Morton Barnes Cass Medora Lincoln Belfield Lisbon 2 Walcott 2 4 New Leipzig Slope Logan Emmons La Moure Carson Hettinger Lamour 3 Wahpeton Linton Ransom Grant Sioux Forman Bosman McIntosh Dickey Richland Ellendale Hettinger Bowman Adams Ashley 2 Sargent Fort Yates 2 November 2018

7. North Dakota Department of Health2018 Car Seat Checkup Participants

8. Why certify? • Distribution Program • Offer car seat assistance (via best practice) to your clients • Be a community resource • Health Fairs/Presentations/car seat checkups

9. How to integrate Passenger Safety into the public health workday.

10. Interaction with families • Head lice check • Health tracks screening • Immunizations • Newborn home visits • Preschool screenings

11. Working with agencies • WIC • NDSU Extension office • Social Services • Going into the school for another task • and do a presentation to a few classes • at a time.

12. Common source of reliable information • Work with other safety programs • Families know who we are • Every county has a public health office • Nurses are already educators on a variety of information • You don’t want to give out incorrect information.

13. Impact Teen

14. What is the leading cause of death for American teens? Automobile collisions

15. What is Impact Teen? Impact Teen Drivers is a non profit organization dedicated to changing the statistic that is 100% preventable crisis of death to teens due to reckless and distracted driving.

16. One day training for first responders, educators and health professionals interested in helping to curb this public health problem. Evaluated and evidence based program is provided to the trainers as well as materials and campaigns to reach teens, younger audiences, parents and community members about the issue of distracted and reckless driving. NDDOH has contracted with NDSU to do the trainings across North Dakota Stipend if your work will not pay for you to do these presentations.

17. Training person is Diane Hahn at the NDSU Center for 4-H Email - diane.f.hahn@ndsu.edu and phone number is 701-231-9601.

18. Resources:ndhealth.gov LRDHU.com NHTSA.gov visionzero.nd.gov Impactteendrivers.orgResources:ndhealth.gov LRDHU.com NHTSA.gov visionzero.nd.gov Impactteendrivers.org