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.SE and SW Injury Prevention Network Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11-13, 2019

Join us for the .SE and SW Injury Prevention Network Annual Meeting in the vibrant city of New Orleans! Explore the rich history, enjoy the culture and food, and engage in discussions about injury prevention. This event will feature highlights from the Louisiana Core SVIPP, growth in funding, and partner commitments.

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.SE and SW Injury Prevention Network Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11-13, 2019

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  1. SE and SW Injury Prevention Network Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana March 11-13, 2019

  2. Welcome to New Orleans aka.. • The Crescent City • The Big Easy • America’s Most Interesting City • The Northernmost Caribbean City • The Capitol of the Who Dat Nation • The City That Care Forgot

  3. Famous New Orleanians… • Jean Lafitte • Marie LaVeau • Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Anne Rice, Stephen Ambrose • Donna Brazile, Cokie Roberts, James Carville • Tyler Perry, Ellen Degeneres, Randy Newman • Ruby Bridges, Homer Plessey, A.P. Tureaud, O. C. Haley, Avery Alexander, Dr. L. C Roudanez • Louis Armstrong, Allen Toussaint, L’il Wayne, The Marsalis Family…to name a few…..

  4. And the colorful…

  5. You are here…. 0.7 mi from Jackson Square Uptown

  6. New Orleans at a Glance… • Population: 395,292 (2017 estimate) • 10 parish MSA: 1,275,762 • Demographics • 20% under the age of 18 • 52% female • 59.8% Black/African American and 34.1% White • 36.5 with Bachelor’s degree of higher • Median household income: $38,721 (2013-2017) • 25.4% of persons live in poverty • Land area 169.42 sq miles, but LA is losing one football field of land mass per hour!

  7. The Vulnerable Marsh

  8. History…. • Steeped in French and Spanish history • Claimed for French crown in 1682 • 1st Mardi Gras – 1699 Iberville and Bienville- Point du Mardi Gras – entrenched by 1730’s as a holiday. • La Nouvelle Orleans founded 1718 by Jean Baptiste LeMoyne de Bienville – statue in the French Quarter • By 1723, the area was the capital of the French colony and a major trading and commerce hub • By 1763 back under Spanish rule for 37 years – important trading and cultural partner for Cuba, Haiti and Mexico (this period also reflected Spain’s more liberal views on race and fostered a class of free people of color.

  9. Brief History…. • 1788 and 1794 Great Fires of New Orleans destroyed French architecture- followed by another 3 years later • By 1800, Spain cedes LA to France • 3 years later Napoleon sells to the US for $15 million in 1803 • Residents held tight to French language, cuisine, customs, devotion to opera and complex social strata- Creoles – American offspring of European settlers. • Battle of New Orleans – War of 1812- Andrew Jackson resisted 7,500 British soldiers who turned and abandoned the area

  10. One of the great fires….

  11. Wealthy Antebellum era on the backs of the oppressed…. • Mid-1800s known for the highest concentration of millionaires in America found between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. • In 1850s alone sugar plantations produced an estimated 450 million lbs. worth more than $20 million annually. • Nouveau-riche American plantation owners. • Prosperity hid the cruelty and misery of the enslaved. • Union soldiers invaded NO and the city did not fight back avoiding destruction; but after the war the legacy of slavery led to governmental unrest, racial tensions and poverty.

  12. History…. • Jazz – 1920 is Jazz Age, but we had it first- late 1800s • Combination of ragtime, blues, spirituals • Immigrant influence- French, Spanish, African, Italian, German, Irish • And we helped win WWII- • Higgins Boats and the successful storming of Normandy!

  13. History…bad times • Fires in late 1700s • Legacy of slavery • Yellow Fever epidemic – height 1850s-1880 • Flood of 1927 • Segregation • Energy busts • Hurricane Katrina • Coastal erosion • Culture of excess and personal liberties • Violence and trauma

  14. What makes us so attractive… • Rich culture, kindness of strangers, music, food, festivals • Strong sense of family and connections • Pride of place – neighborhoods – Treme, Marigny, Lower Ninth Ward, 7th Ward, Uptown, Mid City, Gentilly, Broadmoor, Lakeview, French Quarter • Leading southern city in dismantling of symbols of racist past

  15. Good times…

  16. We think y’all talk funny… • Lagniappe • Street car • Neutral ground • Beignet • Vieux Carre • Tchoupitoulas • Po’boy • Muffuletta • Calliope • Socrates • Ambulance • Laissez le bon temps rouler!

  17. Have Fun…Be Safe • Practice general travelers’ safety • Street Car takes exact change. $1.25 per trip • Know where you are headed – chart your course ahead of time • Walk in groups when possible • Don’t be on the streets after dark unless you have a purpose • Try not to look lost or like a tourist • Watch out crossing intersections – not friendly to pedestrians or cyclists! Poorly signed intersections!

  18. Louisiana Core SVIPP Highlights • My colleagues and institutional support! • Growth in injury prevention funding: Core SVIPP, NVDRS, Drowning Prevention • In-kind support • Movement of RPE with Injury Program • Integration of ACEs and focus on prevention of intergenerational ACEs • Partner commitments and mobilization: Academia – TU VPI, child maltreatment prevention, IPV policy & strangulation assessment, falls, suicide prevention, drowning prevention work, public health law workforce, media workshop, MVC linkage – CRASH Data acquisition • About to close out 1st year of NVDRS data!

  19. Louisiana Core SVIPP Highlights • Top notch communications support • Injury Free LA and SRPF • Collaboration with EMS-C • Health Equity and Social determinants – research on racial policies and impact on health, HEAT and work on paid leave • NOWS and Act 118 • Moving data to action – SUID, CDR, NVDRS • Challenges – disbursement of opioid funding; MVC policy work, youth sports concussions, attracting experienced epidemiologists

  20. Communications… • Top notch communications support • Injury Free LA and SRPF • Health Equity and Social determinants – research on racial policies and impact on health, HEAT and work on paid leave • NOWS and Act 118 • Moving data to action – SUID, CDR, NVDRS • Challenges – disbursement of opioid funding; MVC policy work, youth sports concussions, attracting experienced epidemiologists

  21. Data Visualization

  22. Injury-Free Louisiana (IFLA)

  23. Add in Gloria’s slides

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