Core state violence and injury prevention program (core svipp) - purposethe purpose of the base funding is to decrease injury related morbidity and mortality and increase sustainability of injury…

Core state violence and injury prevention program (core svipp) - purposethe purpose of the base funding is to decrease injury related morbidity and mortality and increase sustainability of injury prevention programs and practices in tennessee. In addition, the enhanced component activities will strengthen the evidence-base for injury prevention through sustained advancement and improvement in injury prevention practices and outcomes. The base proposal accomplishes those goals through utilization of data and collaboration with partners to implement and evaluate evidence-based strategies in the areas of aces, TBI, transportation safety and suicide. The enhanced proposal accomplishes this goal through implementation and evaluation of a trauma-informed workplace designation along with expanded data collection and analysis of other initiatives. Outcomestennessee department of health (TDH) will utilize data to work with partners to implement and/or expand strategies with the following outcomes for the base component: increase in knowledge of protective factors for participants in home visiting, increase in organizations completing virtual aces training, increase in education provided to child safety seat distribution partner agencies, increase in organizations trained to implement virtual checkpoints graduated drivers? License program, increase in organizations meeting safe STARS safety criteria, increase in healthcare agencies implementing the CDC mild pediatric TBI guidelines, improved return to learn/play policies through dissemination of best practices and an increase in organizations completing the counseling on access to lethal means (calm) training. TDH expects the following outcomes from the enhanced component activities: increase in organizations designated as trauma informed, increase in evaluation findings of the virtual checkpoints program, improved understanding of healthcare agencies utilizing the CDC mild TBI guidelines, increase in evaluation of return to learn/play best practices and increase d collection of qualitative data to improve the safe STARS sports safety designation.