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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Dawn Castillo, Chief of the Surveillance and Field Investigations Branch in the Division of Safety Research in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the recipient of NIOSH’s James P Keogh Award for Outstanding Service in Occupational Safety and Health for 2004. She is being recognized for her outstanding contributions to the safety and health of adolescent workers through research, raising awareness nationally and internationally through publications and presentations, providing scientific expertise to support regulatory protections for young workers, and collaborating with various youth oriented advocacy groups.
EU CHILD SAFETY PRIORITIES
The European Child Safety Alliance, an initiative of the European Consumer Safety Association to advance child injury prevention throughout Europe, published the second edition of Priorities for child safety in the European Union: agenda for action in June. The records of EU member states, including the 10 new members, are compared for a variety of injury topics, including homicide and suicide. The legislative picture in each state is also presented for 10 interventions showing when the laws came into force. The report can be download from the ECSA website at www.childsafetyeurope.org.
CDC’S SCHOOL HEALTH INDEX
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Adolescent and School Health, has released the third edition of the School Health Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide. This version of the index enables schools to address their policies and programs related to safety (unintentional injury and violence prevention) in addition to the physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco-free lifestyle issues addressed in the previous editions. In addition to the new printed edition, an online version of the index can be found at www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/SHI. The web based version allows only those topics (physical activity, nutrition, tobacco use, or safety) of interest to a particular school to be selected and a customized score card and discussion questions to be printed. The School …