As the weather heats up, heatstroke in vehicles becomes a greater concern. Please see this archived webinar from the Children's Safety Network on the topic.
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Networking and Information for the Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System's Local and State Teams
As the weather heats up, heatstroke in vehicles becomes a greater concern. Please see this archived webinar from the Children's Safety Network on the topic.
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CFPS has published a new brief: Tobacco Use, Secondhand Smoke Exposure, and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) in Colorado, 2009-2018.
The goal of this brief is to better understand the role of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure in SUID. The data reveals that at least 3 in 10 mothers who lost their infant to SUID between 2009-2018 in Colorado smoked in the three months prior to pregnancy and/or at any time during pregnancy.
The brief also examines systemic factors that contribute to higher tobacco use for certain groups including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, low income communities, and people in rural areas. For example, low income communities and communities of color are frequently targeted by tobacco advertising, price promotions, and a high tobacco retailer density. Rural areas may lack resources that support prevention and access to tobacco treatment.
To learn more about tobacco's role in SUID in Colorado, read the full data brief here.
Young people working with the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault are leading two upcoming online meetings. Please share with your youth networks. Each meeting will focus on Denver Public Schools in particular, but the discussion will be relevant to other communities.
Register here for both meetings.
Rape Culture + Radical Consent
This workshop will be on May 19th from 4:00-4:45pm and will be a safe place to discuss personal experiences with rape culture and hookup culture in our school communities. We will also discuss radical consent and how rape culture is perpetuated by our schools' administration, and how we can create change in our school communities.
Sex In School
This workshop will be on May 22nd from 11:00-11:45am and will be a safe place to discuss our experiences with health education in schools, and how we would like to see change in this area. We will discuss the effect of sex education on our communities and society, as well as give input into the new mandatory comprehensive sex ed class that is being developed for DPS.