IFCK: Current Projects
IFCK Philadelphia strives to adopt and implement evidence-based programming followed by evaluation and assessment of the impact of individual interventions in our target communities.
Regular Coalition Meetings
IFCK Philadelphia Coalition will resume its regular meeting schedule in Fall 2006. These meetings include stakeholders from the police department, community organizations, community members, and school personnel.
Bicycle Helmet Distribution
Hospital-based bicycle helmet distribution continues in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaTrauma Program and Safe Kids of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Adoption of injury prevention behaviors in the West Philadelphia Community
Using a community-based participatory research methodology, IFCK Philadelphia is refocusing efforts to improve adoption of injury prevention behaviors in the West Philadelphia Community. To date, focus groups have been conducted in the West and Southwest community in order to determine injury prevention concerns and priorities directly from community members.
Home Safety Visitation Pilot Project
Based on discussion by the focus groups, a Home Safety Visitation Pilot Project is slated to begin in Fall 2006. The pilot project will concentrate on children 0-5 years old and address the following five areas of home safety: fire and burn safety, water safety, choking, falls, and poison control.
Each family participating will receive a home safety bag. The participants will be randomly assigned to the control group or the intervention group. The control group will only receive the home safety bag but no verbal education or assistance with implementation. The intervention group will receive the home safety bag, plus verbal education and assistance with implementation of home safety devices. A one month follow up visit will measure increase in the practice of home safety knowledge and behaviors between the initial visit and follow-up visit.