Successful ProjectsAntoinette ShortInjury Prevention

Partnership&

Collaborationin the State of Oklahoma

Background• 14 years of employment with Caddo Nation of Oklahoma

• 2000-2003: Community Health Representative (CHR) • 2003-2014: Injury Prevention Coordinator

• Training and certifications• Certification-Injury Prevention Levels I & II• 2008-2009 Injury Prevention Fellowship • National Certified First Responder/Emergency Medical Responder• National Certified CPS Technician/Instructor

• Injury Prevention at Caddo Nation• 2000-2005 and 2005-2010: Indian Health Service Tribal Injury

Prevention Cooperative Agreements Program (TIPCAP) • Focus: variety of injury prevention issues

• 2010-2014: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Tribal Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention Program (TMVIPP)• Focus: increasing restraint use; reducing DUI

TMVIPP Project Background• Four-year Funding Cycle (2010-2014)

• Caddo was one of eight funded tribes in United States

• Program Purpose: tailor, implement, and evaluate AI/AN community-based strategies with demonstrated effectiveness for preventing motor vehicle injuries.

• Project Goal: Reduce motor vehicle injury related death and disability among Caddo Nation and other American Indian/Alaska Natives living in Caddo County, Oklahoma

TMVIPP Project Objectives

• Objective 1: Increase child restraint use by 5% by September 2014 among Caddo Nation and other Caddo County American Indians Tribal members who attend/participate in selected Tribal Head Start Centers (Caddo and Kiowa), the WIC Program, Well Baby Clinic, and/or day care centers.

• Objective 2: Increase seatbelt use among Caddo Nation and other American Indians living in Caddo County, Oklahoma to match the state rate by 2014.

• Objective 3: Reduce alcohol impaired driving in Caddo County by reducing alcohol-related Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries and Fatalities by 5% by 2014.

Project Support & Opportunities

Stakeholders & Partnerships• Oklahoma Highway Patrol• Oklahoma Highway Safety Office• BIA Law Enforcement• Anadarko, Binger, Carnegie- City Law Enforcement• Anadarko and Binger Fire Department.• Caddo County Schools• Oklahoma Safe Kids Coalition• Anadarko Daily News • Radio Station (KRPT) • Settles Studio Bridal Loft

Project Support & Opportunities

Stakeholders & Partnerships (continued)• Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse• Area Prevention Resource Center & Substance Abuse

Prevention (APRC)• Oklahoma Prevention Policy Alliance• Oklahoma State Health Department

State Board Membership• Oklahoma Injury Prevention Advisory Committee• Oklahoma Safe Kids Executive Board• Oklahoma Metro Area Traffic Safety• Oklahoma Safety Council • Oklahoma Native American EMS Association

Keys to a Successful Collaboration Equally beneficial to achieve common goals • Shared concerns – commitment to goal/cause/issues• Broad-base involvement• Support of established authorities• Respect and trust • Commitment , timing • Share vision and ideas• Gain Community Support• Recognition of partners support• Acquire training for new skills for partners• Attain longevity of partnership• Group power by valuing and incorporating diversity group

TMVIPP AccomplishmentsMotor Vehicle Crash Data• Data collected from Oklahoma Highway Safety Office (for Caddo

County, OK)• Downward trends for both MVC injury and MVC fatality

Child Safety Seat Use• Observational surveys show increased use by 32% from Year II to IV

Seatbelt use data collected by observation surveys• Observational surveys show increased use by 3.4% from Year I to IV

(still below state rate)

Alcohol-involved MVC Injuries or Fatalities• Data collected from Oklahoma Highway Safety Office (for Caddo

County) shows decrease of 55.6% from Year 2010 to 2013.

None of us is as smart as all of us! --Edward C. Register, 1915 Cooperation! What a word! Each working with all, and all working with each! --Warren Bennis, 1996

Thank You!

Questions?

• Antoinette Short• Phone: 405.638.0456• Email: antoinette.toni.short@gmail.com