Setting / Delivery Mechanisms
Community – Continuation and, where practical, expansion of CPS initiatives with local health departments, partner hospitals, NPOs, Head Start agencies, law enforcement, EMS, and the Colorado Department of Transportation’ s Office of Transportation Safety.
Employer – Work collaboratively with CHCO Corporate & Community Relations to assist metro-area employers in establishing or advancing traffic safety policies as they relate to their workforce; complimentary efforts include opportunities to purchase child restraints at a discount through the CHCO Safety Store.
Home – Use of Community Health Workers trained as Child Passenger Safety Technicians to improve proper child safety seat usage in targeted neighborhoods; engagement of partner entities that conduct home visitation efforts( i. e., Nurse Family Partnership, Safe Care Colorado).
Provider – Integration of CPS risk assessment questions in well-child visits through CHCO’ s Clinically Integrated Network, with special emphasis on Medicaid populations to improve seat belt and child safety seat usage among patients served; integration of promotional opportunities for messaging best practices for CPS throughout the CHCO network of care; complimentary efforts include opportunities to purchase child restraints at a discount through the CHCO Safety Store; integration of aforementioned efforts targeting( 1) schools and students served by the School Health Resource Center, and( 2) CHCO employees and their families through our Employee Wellness Program.
School – Integration of CPS messaging and programs to pre-school programs located in targeted neighborhoods, with special emphasis on Head Start centers and child care centers to improve child safety seat usage among families eligible for Colorado Child Care Assistance Program benefits; complimentary efforts include opportunities to purchase child restraints at a discount through the CHCO Safety Store.
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