Safe Communities Designation
Emory
Debra Houry MD, MPH
Director, Emory Center for Injury Control
Vice Chair for Research, Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Emory Center for Injury
Control (ECIC)
 Collaborative, multi-institution research center
 1 of 3 WHO U.S. Collaborating Centers
 Designated Pan American Health Organization
Collaborating Center
 One of 11 CDC funded Injury Control Research
Centers (ICRCs)
 Mission: build the field of injury prevention and
reduce injuries and violence in Georgia
 Focus on intentional and unintentional injury
What is Safe Communities?
 Communities that:
○ Promote Safety
○ Reduce Injuries
○ Prepare for Disasters
 Why not a university?
Safety Issues at Emory
Safety Issues At Emory
•Suicide
•Intimate Partner Violence
•Motor Vehicle Collisions
•Sports and Recreational Injuries
•Occupational Injuries
•Falls
•Poisoning and Overdose
•Violence
•Environmental Hazards
Our Community
All Faculty
50 - 64
35%
All Staff
50 - 64
29%
40 - 49
29%
29 and
under
14%
30 - 39
25%
40 - 49
32%
All Students
30 - 39
11%
0 - 19
25%
30 - 39
26%
20 - 29
60%
2009, Emory’s Composition Statistics Diversity Profile
What is Safe Communities?
 Application Requirements
○ Define our Community
• What is Emory’s community?
• Students, staff, faculty, visitors
• All the campuses
○ Injury Data
• >20 different sources
○ Programs
• Range from Chaplain to Greek Life
○ Evaluation
• CPAR
Why Emory?
 Culture of Safety
 Collaborative Effort
 Share Resources
 Prestige for Emory
 Reduce Injuries and
Violence
 Commitment to
Community
Timeline
Steps
Meeting Dates
1. Establish Leadership
APRIL
2. Long-term sustainable programs that address
safety and vulnerable groups
JUNE
3. Collect data, number and cases of injuries
4. Evaluation Plan
5. Networks
AUGUST
OCTOBER
DECEMBER
6. Site Visit
MARCH
7. Designation
APRIL
Emory Safety Alliance
 Structure
○ Leadership
○ Composed of Injury and
Safety stakeholders at
Emory
 Purpose
○ Develop the 6 Indicators
○ Design Emory Injury
Surveillance System
○ Review Application
More info at:
Website:
www.emorycenterforinjurycontrol.org
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/EmoryCIC
Linked in Group:
Emory Center for Injury Control
Twitter:
@EmoryCIC