Study: Unintentional Home Injuries Result in Nearly 20,000 Annual Deaths and Cost Americans Almost $380 Billion Each Year 9/23/2002
From: Rives Moore, 703-741-7500 or 703-725-6476 (cell) Laura Muma, 773-960-3960, of Golin/ Harris International News Advisory: WHO: -- Dr. Sue Binder, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) -- Rep. Cass Ballenger (R-N.C.) -- David Oliver, president and executive director of the Home Safety Council -- Dr. Carol Runyan, director of the Injury Prevention Research Center at UNC- Chapel Hill -- Walter, Cathy and Allison Lisle, escaped house fire due to home-safety education, Lynwood, Wash. WHAT: Release of State of Home Safety in America Study The Home Safety Council will release the dramatic results of the State of Home Safety in America study, joined by concerned officials from the CDC and Capitol Hill. WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 26 10 to 11 a.m. Breakfast hour begins at 9 a.m. adjacent to the site WHERE: National Mall (Northwest quadrant of Washington Monument Grounds by 17th St. NW and Constitution Ave.) Washington, D.C. Limited parking passes available on Constitution Avenue TV truck parking in Washington Monument parking lot The Great Safety Adventure (GSA) will be onsite and open for tours. The GSA is a traveling exhibit that teaches basic life skills to help children, families and communities learn about four important home safety risk areas: fire and burn prevention; falls prevention; choking, suffocation and strangulation prevention and poison prevention. There will also be a reporter briefing following this event at the National Press Club at 12 p.m. LUNCH WILL BE PROVDIED. Ted Miller, center director, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation will also participate in that event and you are cordially invited to attend as well. ------ The Home Safety Council is a not-for-profit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of and education about home injuries. Originally founded in 1993, the Council is an independent, 501c3 organization with the mission to empower, educate and activate society to adopt better home safety practices to prevent injuries and save lives. For additional home safety information and free brochures, visit http://www.homesafetycouncil.org. |