Did You Know That the The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is Now on Twitter and Has a Blog?

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is applauded for their launch into the social media arena. They now join the ranks of other organizations like CDC , March of Dimes plus more.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC’s Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC’s teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. Click here to join a CPSC e-mail subscription list

Consumers can also obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC’s Web site

In additon:

• Visit their NEW Blog read it and make comments
• Follow them on Twitter at http://twitter.com/OnSafety
• See their photos on Flicker

Now there is little reason not to Be In The Know about important product safety issues affecting our families.

3 New Product Safety Recalls Every Family Should Know About

There are three(3) new product safety recalls that every family should know about. Please click on the links below to learn more about them. Please share with others.

1. Williams-Sonoma Recalls Baby Bottle Warmers Due to Burn Hazard

2. Baby Hammocks Recalled by MamaLittleHelper Due to Suffocation Hazard
3. Char-Broil Recalls Vertical Gas Smokers Due to Injury Hazard

Do You Know About Healtcare.gov?

Do you know about an exciting and informative website called HealthCare.gov?  Well, it is a federal government Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Here you can be empowered to lern about prevention, compare care quality, find insurance options and understand the new health legislation.

Take a few minutes to visit healthcare.gov today!

New webpage on HHS Community Health Data Initiative

The Department of Health and Human Services has a new webpage with a listing of relevant datasets and descriptive information about each. The landing page for the Community Health Data Initiative, with the introduction to the Health Indicators Warehouse and associated links and data files, is now live at CDC Data Access

On and Off the Ice: Learn to Prevent, Recognize, and Respond to Concussions

CDC has recently teamed up with USA Hockey to develop the Heads Up: Concussion in Hockey initiative to offer information about concussions to coaches, parents, and athletes involved in youth sports.

This educational campaign is an expansion of CDC’s Heads Up: Concussion in High School and Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports initiatives.  These initiatives include materials and information for coaches of all sports to help identify concussions and take immediate steps to respond when one is suspected.

* Check with your league or school about concussion policies.
* Insist that safety comes first.
* Learn more about concussion and review the signs and symptoms.
* Keep the four-step action plan with you at games and practices.

The State of the State of the Health of our Children

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau is pleased to announce that the The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 is now available.  The chartbook provides both national and state-level data on U.S. children based on the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health.  

Among the findings which can be found in this report  and at www.childhealthdata.org are:  
·         In 2007, 88.5 percent of children reported receiving a preventive health care visit, up from 77 percent in 2003.  Among children who had no health insurance, however, the rate was far lower: only 72.6 percent of children who were uninsured at the time of the survey had a preventive health care visit.
·         More than 15 percent of U.S. children had no health insurance for all or part of 2007.  
·         Nearly one-third of U.S. children, ages 10 to 17, were overweight or obese. Most significantly, the incidence of obesity continued to rise from 14.8% of U.S. children in 2003 to 16.4% by 2007.

And much, much more.

October 2009 Alliance Alert Newsletter

The October 2009 Alliance Alert newsletter is now available.

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