This presentation reviews a multi-day training model used to train health and education service providers and others with rural injury prevention knowledge, skills, and strategies in a community-based setting. The presentation describes an innovative approach for adult learners to directly apply classroom learning and to enhance the program capacity of rural agencies. During the training, student teams visit community-based agencies and assess the community and organizational capacity of the agency to conduct injury prevention programming. Programmatic recommendations are made based on the assessment findings. This approach gives students an appreciation of the limitations of rural prevention programs and provides direct assistance to underserved rural agencies. The need for the development of this course is based on the identification of lack of training opportunities for rural service providers and others, increased injury risk to children and families in rural areas, and the need to enhance injury prevention services for rural children and families. This project demonstrates the mutually beneficial approach of providing rural injury prevention training opportunities for health and education service providers and others and enhancing the capacity of rural communities and persons to prevent injury.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the opportunities and challenges of conducting training for health and education service providers and others to reduce the burden of injury amongst rural children and families
Keywords: Injury Prevention, Rural Populations
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (a site of the Chidlren's Safety Network), Marshfield Medical Research Foundation
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.