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2017 Annual Meeting

del 12 al 14 de September del 2017

Aurora, Colorado

The links below contained detailed information for the upcoming 2017 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting, taking place September 12-14, 2017 in Aurora, Colorado.

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Preserving North Carolina's Universal Motorcycle Helmet Law: Partners in Action 2011-2017

martes, el 12 de septiembre de 2017 a las 15:30–16:45 MDT
Aurora Ballroom 4
Learning Objectives

In this session, participants will: 

  1. Learn how the motorcycle helmet issue was framed to counter the freedom argument for repeal.
  2. Learn how a diverse partnership was formed and sustained to purserve the helmet law over the political advantage of pro-repeal advocates.
  3. Learn of health studies that were instrumental and changing the conversation about the value of retaining the helme law.
Statement of Purpose

The presentation provides a policy analysis and frame work to discuss injury prevention policy in a changing policy environment.

Methods/Approach

The method was: use the best available public health data, analyze the policy strategies best suited to assert the value of preserving the current policy, identify and develop diverse partner support, develp new studies and data to reinforce the injury preveniton message, conduct active communication during the legislative session, and evaluate at the close of the legislative session and prepare for the next session.

Results

Over the strong political advantage of the pro-repeal advicates, partners in North Carolina have successfully preserved the states universal motorcycle helmet law for 6 years.

Conclusions & Significance to the Field

States faced with defending injury prevention laws can consider the use of the strategies to their situation of defending an effective law in the face of a "freedom" and "nanny state" challenge.

Presenters

Alan Dellapenna, Jr., MPH, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Biography

Mr. Dellapenna leads the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) of the North Carolina Division of Public Health.  Mr. Dellapenna joined the North Carolina Division of Public Health in 2010 following a 27 year career as a Commissioned Officer in the US Public Health Service assigned to the Indian Health Service. He graduated the Indian Health Service, Injury Prevention Specialist Fellowship in 1989. He led the Phoenix Area IHS and national IHS Injury Prevention Program during his time in IHS. His current duties include chairing the North Carolina Injury and Violence Prevention State Advisory Council; heading the Prevention Committee of the North Carolina Brain Injury Advisory Council; member of the North Carolina Older Driver Work Group; Co-Chair, Unintentional Death Committee of the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force.

Co-Authors

Primary Contact

Alan Dellapenna, Jr., MPH, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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