WalkSafe Keeps Walking for 15 Years

A Program Review

Bibliographic Data

ID14599754
AuthorsSabine Delouche (All of the authors are with the KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.), Cristina Ballesteros (All of the authors are with the KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.), Daniela Flores (0009-0008-1717-0491, All of the authors are with the KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.), Daniela Andrea Espinoza Flores (University of Miami), Bryan Pomares (All of the authors are with the KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.), Gillian A Hotz (0000-0002-9466-4769, University of Miami), Gillian Hotz (All of the authors are with the KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.)
Year2019
Volume109
Issue1
Pages116-118
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2018.304786
PMID30496004
OpenAlexW2902067893
LanguageEN
References cited4

Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death among children aged 5 to 14 years. The WalkSafe program was developed in response to the number of children admitted to Miami–Dade County, Florida, level-1 trauma centers. WalkSafe was piloted in an initially high-risk neighborhood, which now exhibits a low density of pedestrian crashes. Following countywide implementation of WalkSafe, trauma data exhibit a 78% decrease in pediatric injuries. This article provides a 15-year review of WalkSafe and its role in decreasing pediatric pedestrian injuries in Miami–Dade County. Every year, an alarming number of child pedestrians are injured on the nation’s roadways. In Miami–Dade County, Florida, the WalkSafe program aims to reduce pediatric injury through targeted education and multitiered collaboration with community partners

Environmental health · Family medicine · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Miami · Pedestrian · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Transport engineering · Engineering · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Traffic and Road Safety · Trauma and Emergency Care Studies · Gerontology

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