The links below contained detailed information for the upcoming 2017 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting, taking place September 12-14, 2017 in Aurora, Colorado.
Please note:
- A total of five concurrent sessions will take place during the Annual Meeting, and there will be up to five breakouts occurring simultaneously during each of those concurrent sessions. Within each breakout, there will be up to four presentations that take place.
- This online system does not allow us to embed the individual presentations within each breakout. Please note the session presentations listed under each Concurrent Breakout title for associated content.
- The on-site mobile app WILL embed these sessions for ease of use.
- A printable, detailed agenda can be found on the 2017 Annual Meeting website.
- If you have any questions, please contact info@safestates.org
- All session times and locations are tentative and subject to change. Safe States will continue to update these details as changes take place.
Safety Takes Synergy: Lessons & Successes from the Pedestrian Injury Prevention Action Team Program
Learning Objectives
- Learn lessons and successes revealed by an impact evaluation of the Pedestrian Injury Prevention Action Team Program (or “Action Team” program), a multidisciplinary pedestrian safety initiative created by the Safe States Alliance and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
- Explore the Safe States Alliance’s new Evaluation Guide for Pedestrian Safety website – inspired by participants in the Action Team program – that is designed to help users effectively evaluate their pedestrian safety interventions.
Presenters
Jamila Porter, DrPH, MPH, Safe States Alliance
Biography
Dr. Jamila Porter is the Director of Programs and Evaluation at the Safe States Alliance. Dr. Porter provides senior-level strategic leadership and management of the organization's program and evaluation initiatives, including managing cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Dr. Porter created and oversaw the implementation and evaluation of the two-year Pedestrian Injury Prevention Action Team Program. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Health Policy & Administration from Wake Forest University and her Master of Public Health degree from Mercer University School of Medicine. Dr. Porter earned her Doctor of Public Health degree from The University of Georgia, where her research focused on the intersections of transportation policy, community design, pedestrian injury, and policy evaluation.