Teaching children and families preventive safety
Injury is the No. 1 killer of children in the U.S., but childhood injury is often preventable. At Penn State Health Children’s Hospital, we help you prevent accidents from happening in the first place. Our Pediatric Injury Prevention Program provides community outreach, education, equipment and resources to teach children and families how to be safe at home, at play, and on the go.
As the regional leader in pediatric trauma care and injury prevention, we offer:
- Dedicated injury prevention staff who work closely with the Pediatric Trauma Program to target preventive safety strategies based on injuries occurring in the community
- Resources such as car seats, cribs and home safety items to underserved communities Through generous grants, including Children’s Miracle Network, we reach families in the inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
- Weekly community car seat checks throughout Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry counties and beyond
- Car seat loaner program for patients with unique transportation needs that prevent travel in a traditional car seat
- Leadership of Safe Kids Capital Region, a multi-county network of community partners who reach children and families in need
- Instructors for programs such as child passenger safety, special needs transportation, Safe Sitter, Teen Driver Program and Stop the Bleed
Our programs and services
- Bike safety and other wheeled activities
- Car seat safety
- Dog bite prevention
- Fall prevention
- Farm safety
- Fire safety
- Gun safety
- Holiday safety
- Home safety
- Lawn mower safety
- Medication safety and poison prevention
- Pedestrian safety
- Playground safety
- Safe sleep
- Sports safety
- Staying home alone and babysitting
- Stop the Bleed
- Summer safety
- Teen driving safety
- Toy safety
- Water safety
- Winter safety
Schedule an event
Schedule an educational safety event for your school or community. We offer presentations on a variety of safety and accident prevention program topics.
For more information, contact the Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Pediatric Injury Prevention Program.
Community partners
- AAA Central PA
- American Trauma Society
- Baby Love Program - Hamilton Health Center
- The Bair Foundation
- Bethany Christian Services
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Capital Region
- Brethren Housing Association
- Bright Futures Learning Centers
- Capital Area Head Start
- Case Management Unit
- Dasher Inc.
- Dauphin County Children and Youth
- Dauphin County Mental Health/Autism/Developmental Programs
- Derry Township Police Department
- ELECT Program at Capital Area Intermediate Unit
- ELECT Program at Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
- Family Promise of Harrisburg Capital Region
- Greater Harrisburg Healthy Start - Hamilton Health Center
- JusticeWorks Family of Services
- Living Well Institute
- Lower Paxton Police Department
- Maternal Assistance Program – Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
- Milton Hershey School
- Morning Star Pregnancy Services
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Engineering District 8
- Penn State Health Life Lion EMS
- Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Trauma Services
- Pennsylvania Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
- Pressley Ridge
- Safe Kids Pennsylvania
- South Central Pennsylvania Highway Safety
- Sutliff Auto Group
- Swatara Township Police Department
- Tri County Community Action
- United Way of the Capital Region
Support childhood injury prevention
Your gift will help us continue our important work to keep children and families safe. Donations provide safety resources and education to families in need.
Make checks payable to: Penn State Health
Please indicate in the subject line: PSU/Injury Prevention Program
Donations may be sent directly to:
Penn State Health Development & Alumni Relations
P.O. Box 852
Hershey, PA 17033-0852
