Injury Free Coalition for Kids of New Haven

Programs

• Child Passenger Safety Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital
• Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program at Yale New Haven Hospital
• Pediatric Traumatic Stress Referral Program
• Street Smarts Campaign
• Window, Locks, & Gates- $500 Toys “R” Us grant

Partnering Hospitals

• Safe Sleep for Infants at Yale New Haven Health

Past/Completed Programs

• Bike Safety Rodeo

The Injury Free Coalition for Kids of New Haven, a collaborative partnership between Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine, provides safety and injury prevention information and activities to the community in the following areas: Child passenger Safety, Violence Prevention, General Injury Prevention including pedestrian safety, bike helmet use, fall prevention, teen driving safety.

Our goal is to prevent and reduce injury by serving, empowering, and educating our patients, families and community on injury and violence prevention.

New Haven Directors

• Kirsten Bechtel, MD
• James Dodington, MD

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Contact Info

Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of New Haven
300 George St, 4th Floor, Room 449
New Haven, Connecticut 06510

New Haven News

• Unsafe Sleep Deaths lead to a loss of a future kindergarten class every year in Connecticut
• Cash Pilot Targets Victims of Violence
• Traffic safety project gives nod to medical history

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