Please share the following and the attached. Contact Vedette Gavin if you have questions. Her contact information is at the bottom of this email.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
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From: Gavin, Vedette R.
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:55 PM
To: Rapkin, Ellen
Subject: FREE ed. materials for parents of teen dirvers
Hi Ellen,
Could you share this information with your distribution list? Thanks!
Vedette
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Teen driver safety is becoming one of the most talked about safety topics. 16-year-olds have the highest crash rate per mile driven of any age group. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teens aged 16 to 18.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is taking a new approach to address teen driver safety issues. In October, they are launching a “Parents are the Key” public awareness and education campaign. The camping focuses on informing and empowering parents to know and enforce teen driving laws. Radio, print media, the internet and print materials will be used to reach parents of teen drivers with 4 key messages:
- crashes are the #1 killer of teens
- Ohio graduated driver licensing laws
- enforcing teen driving laws
- Parents make a difference – two-way dialogue with teens about safe driving
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In partnership with CDC and the “Parents Are the Key” campaign, Safe Communities is distributing thousands of copies of FREE posters and fact sheets with the campaign information that can be handed out to parents of teen drivers. Materials can be distributed at high school football games, posted in workplaces, coffee shops, restaurants, grocery stores or churches, included in company mailings and distributed in any other way that may reach parents.
JOIN the CAMPAIGN – DISTRIBUTE FREE CAMPAIGN MATERIALS.
If your organization would like to receive free campaign materials to help educate parents of teen drivers, please complete the attached form and e-mail or fax it back to Franklin County Safe Communities at vrgavin@columbus.gov or (614)645-5888. Orders for materials can be placed through November 30, 2009. materials will be received shortly after orders are placed.
(Electronic versions of campaign materials are also available. Contact Vedette Gavin for more information. vrgavin@columbus.gov)
Vedette R. Gavin, MPH
Franklin County Safe Communities
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus Ohio, 43215
(614)645-6836
(614)645-5888 fax
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