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National Injury Prevention Foundation
ThinkFirst Chapter Development:Provide Educational Programs for Injury Prevention
Traumatic Injury
• Leading cause of death for children, teens and young adults
• Due to vehicle crashes, violence, falls and sports• Brain and spinal cord injuries are among the most
devastating, leading to permanent disability and death
Most injuries are preventable!
Mission
ThinkFirst’s mission is to prevent brain, spinal cord and other traumatic injury
through education, research and advocacy.
ThinkFirst Components
• Educational programs for all grades
• Reinforcement
• General public education
• Public policy initiatives
ThinkFirst For Teens Components
• Presentation by Injury Prevention Specialist -- Explaining HOW Injuries Affect Us
• Explain the causes of injuries and the importance of safe choices
VIPs: Voices for Injury Prevention:share their personal story as to how their injury occurred, how it has affected their life, and how it could have been prevented
Why is ThinkFirst Effective?
Educational programs are designed to incorporate all elements of the
Health Belief Model
a theory-based health model for
attaining behavior change
Health Belief Model
• Behavior change depends on individuals:– Perceiving themselves as susceptible
– Seeing the problem as serious
– Being convinced preventive actions are effective and of little cost in money, effort or pain
– Being exposed to cues or reminders
– Believing they have the ability to change their behavior
ThinkFirst Programs:
• Presented by injury prevention specialists and people who have experienced a TBI/SCI
• Increase understanding of high incidence, and permanent effects of TBI/SCI
• Cue students on easy ways to prevent most injuries
But what is the impact of ThinkFirst For Teens?
Pretest-posttest EvaluationGerhardstein, 2006
• Three Chicago suburban high schools• 500 students, grades 9/10 • Pretests – presentation – posttest• Knowledge, attitudes, stated behaviors• Evaluation 3 months later
Safety Belt Use
53%
73%
32%
20%
12%
5% 3% 2%0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Very important Important Somewhat important Not imporant
How important do you feel it is for you to wear a safety belt in a vehicle?
Pre-Test Post-Test
Safety Belt Use
5% 4%
10%
5%
38%
22%
46%
69%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Only if I have to Sometimes Most of the time Always
How often do you (now plan to) wear a safety belt?
Pre-Test Post-Test
Bicycle Helmets
43%
9%
35%
31%
14%
31%
8%
29%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Not important Somew hat important Important Very Important
How important do you feel it is for you to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle?
Pre-Test Post-Test
Bicycle Helmets
43%
9%
35%
31%
14%
31%
8%
29%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Not important Somew hat important Important Very Important
How important do you feel it is for you to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle?
Pre-Test Post-Test
Drinking and Driving
46%
59%
6% 7%
13%11% 9%
7%5% 4%
16%
9%
6%4%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Any alcohol One beer Two beers Three beers Four beers If he/shelooked drunk
If he/shelooked very
drunk
If a friend had this number of beers, I would refuse to let him/her drive
Pre-Test Post-Test
General Safety
5%
2%
27%
15%
46%
33%
22%
49%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Not preventable Sometimes preventable Often preventable Almost always preventable
Injuries are:
Pre-Test Post-Test
Making Safe Choices
2% 2%
18%
9%
45%
33% 34%
56%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Not important Somewhat important Important Very important
I think making safe choices to protect myself from injury is:
Pre-Test Post-Test
What Has Influenced You Most?
34%
26%
15%
7%
51%
67%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Facts on injury prevention Potential for a ticket Hearing from someone who hasbeen injured
What has influenced you the most in making safe choices?
Pre-Test Post-Test
Three-month Posttest
• What do you remember about program?– VIP speaker: 83%– Various safety messages: 46%
• Did the program impact your behavior? How?– Yes, various ways: 77%
• 26% now wear safety belt all the time or more often• 24% now realize risk/consequence of their actions• 17% reinforced what they knew they should do• 14% now make safe choices/think first
• Did the program impact your behavior, continued– 4% stated no, because they already knew the
information
– 9% stated no, or not really
• Was the presentation helpful?– 96% Yes
– 4% No
• Comments– 31% positive comments on program or thanks
– No negative comments
Study Conclusion
• Summary– ↑ Understanding of potential for serious injury– ↑ Understanding that injuries are preventable– ↑Understanding behavior choices are important– Believe they have the ability to change behavior– Effectiveness of hearing from someone injured– Long term, students indicate TF had positive
impact on their behavior w/ respect to implementing safety measures
Starting a ThinkFirst Chapter
• Determine a chapter director and sponsoring physician
• Establish funding agency: usually in healthcare settings (Community Education, PT/OT, Trauma, Marketing), medical schools, physician groups,
or non-conventional• Submit chapter application and fee for approval• Attend one-day training, on site or online
Application Fee
• $1,500 fee (ask about current specials) includes:– Training and training materials– Chapter Director Guidebook– Curriculum and DVD for ThinkFirst For Kids – Curriculum for ThinkFirst For Youth– DVD and Power Point for ThinkFirst For Teens– VIP Training DVD
Chapter Training
• Provided by a ThinkFirst Trainer
• Available at Trainer sites
• Available in an interactive online format
• Available onsite – chapter must cover travel expenses for trainer
Change in Director
• If the chapter director changes, the chapter must submit a chapter director change form, new director’s CV, and $250 fee for training
• The new director must complete training through a ThinkFirst trainer
Annual Chapter Requirements
• Annual Survey: link provided each June for chapter director to complete survey by July 30– Forms are provided in training for tracking
number of schools visited and students reached, to report in annual survey
• $250 membership fee, due each July 30– Provides active chapter status for use of ThinkFirst
name, materials, updates and support
Benefits of Becoming a ThinkFirst Chapter
• Play an active role in reducing injuries in your community and among your staff
• Demonstrates community reinvestment• Marketing/PR interest– human interest stories for
media coverage• Fits with other key service lines such as neuro,
peds and trauma• Instrumental with magnet and award applications
Benefits, continued
• Affiliation with a Nationally known injury prevention organization
• Studies to demonstrate the programs you provide are evidence-based
• Educational and supportive materials produced by ThinkFirst Foundation
• Training, support and a network of chapters• Newsletters, updates on injury prevention issues• Referrals from national office and state chapter• Chapter contact information on www.thinkfirst.org• Web linking
Help Us Reduce Injuries!
• Start a ThinkFirst chapter!• Promote ThinkFirst and safety awareness through
education and school programming• Advocate for injury prevention issues• Financially sponsor ThinkFirst at the local and
national levels
For More Information
ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation
Debby Gerhardstein, Executive Director
Diane Ciambrone, Administrative Assistant
1-800-THINK56
www.thinkfirst.org