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The Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock is a hospital-community alliance based at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), the state’s only hospital dedicated exclusively to children. IFCK of Little Rock is funded by Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Our community partners include grassroots community organizations, two schools in the Little Rock School District, the Little Rock Fire Department, Little Rock Parks and Recreation, law enforcement, the Benton Police Department, Saline County Health Department, and two neighborhood associations. There is also an internal coalition of other injury prevention programs that help plan and implement IFCK activities. These programs include:

Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Little Rock’s primary goal is to reduce childhood injury in three population groups: 1)ACH patients and their families, 2) families of Little Rock who live, work, and use services in the Centennial Neighborhoods, an area immediately adjacent to the ACH campus, and 3) children in other geographic areas who share unique risks, such as rural and Spanish-speaking families. By working closely with representatives from the community, IFCK is able to develop interventions that are tailored specifically to the unique needs of the community residents. Our current injury prevention initiatives include:

 


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Hope Mullins, MPH
Assistant Director
MullinsSamanthaH@uams.edu

Mapping address: 1 Children's Way, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202



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Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
501-364-2716

Hope Mullins
Research/Program Coordinator
501-364-4932



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S.T.O.P. (Safe Transportation of Patients), administered through the ACH Department of Community Outreach, addresses transportation needs of children with special health problems ranging from prematurity to complex medical and surgical problems. Program activities, based on guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics, include policy development, staff training, and parent education. ACH recently added a car seat purchase program in the hospital’s gift shop. In addition to support from ACH, the program has benefited from support from the Arkansas Department of Health and the Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas. A recently added program educates parents on CPS when they bring their children into the General Pediatric Clinic at ACH. Nurses and residents have been trained to screen for CPS needs and several nurses completed CPS technician certification in the past year. Resident physicians provide parents with a “CPS prescription” that can be filled at a monthly car seat check-up conducted just for GPC referrals. The project is completing its first six months with increasing success. A second hospital-based program is located within the neonatal unit of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Building on the experiences of ACH, Safe from the Start just completed its first year of training staff to become advocates and certified child safety technicians, policy revision and implementation, and resource development. The program now assesses all newborns for car seat safety and has a car seat purchase program through the department. Developing activities include prenatal CPS education through a clinic program. The program has benefited from support from the Arkansas Department of Health and the Highway Safety Office of the Arkansas State Police through the Child Passenger Safety Education program. Additional Funding from the Alltel Corporation has been instrumental in developing the program.

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Sharon Bilbrey
Coordinator, S.T.O.P Program
501-364-6439



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IFCK of Little Rock offers general education on prevention of home injuries, featuring the Allstate Safe at Home bags.

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Hope Mullins
Research/Program Coordinator
501-364-4932

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Heather Williamson
Associate Director of Education
501-364-5657



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Judy Weber, Ph.D, R.D
Principal Investigator
800 Marshal St. Slot 512-26
Little Rock, AR 72210
501-364-3382
WeberJudithL@uams.edu

Mary Aitken, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Principal Investigator
501-364-2716
AitkenMaryE@uams.edu

Kitty Szeto, M.S., R.D.
Program coordinator
501-364-6555
SzetoKittyL@uams.edu



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Sharhonda Love, MPH

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Community Health & Safety Director

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ShaRhonda Love, MPH, is the Director of Community Health and Safety for Arkansas Children's. She previously served as Director of Partnerships for Arkansas Children’s. Born and raised in Little Rock, she completed her undergraduate degree at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences with a minor in Community Health Agencies. She later obtained a Master of Public Health with an emphasis in Health Behavior Health Education from the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. During her career, she acquired over 25 years of chronic disease, health behavior, health education, health disparities, health equity and minority health experience. ShaRhonda has held positions at the Arkansas Department of Health as the school health director and Arkansas Center for Health Improvement as a senior policy analyst. Before transitioning into her current role, she served as the seventh executive director of the Arkansas Minority Health Commission. She is published in areas of obesity, weight loss/maintenance, stress management, cognitive memory impairment, tobacco cessation and faith-based interventions. As Director of Community Health and Safety, ShaRhonda leads health promotion, injury prevention and engagement initiatives that positively affect children’s health in communities where they live, learn and play. This includes programming to prevent injury and death from distracted driving and motor vehicle accidents, nicotine and tobacco prevention youth coalitions, child abuse and injury prevention, recreational safety, and healthy relationships training.

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LoveS@archildrens.org

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(501) 364-4496

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Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Health
Arkansas Children's
1 Children’s Way, Slot 611
Little Rock, AR 72202



Laura B Taylor, MPH, CHES

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Director of Community Impact

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Laura Taylor, MPH, is the Director of Community Impact for Arkansas Children's. Laura is an Arkansas native with a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion from Arkansas State University and a Master of Public Health in Rural and Global Public Health from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist with experience in public health programming, community engagement, partnership development and grant management. For the past four years, she has led the Project Prevent team, which focuses on helping youths live tobacco and nicotine-free. Laura also serves as an adjunct instructor for Arkansas State University. In her role as Director of Community Impact, Laura leads health promotion, injury prevention and engagement initiatives which include the system Community Health Needs Assessments and Implementation Plans, food security efforts for children and families, School Nurse Academy, infant health programming, injury prevention, Infant and Child Death Review, and the Medical Legal Partnership, in addition to other efforts.

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TaylorLB@archildrens.org

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(501) 364-3388 direct

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Laura Taylor, MPH, CHES
Director of Community Impact
Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Health
Arkansas Children's
1 Children’s Way ? Slot 669 ? Little Rock, AR 72202




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