Georgia Public Health awarded $2 million in grants
Awards come from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
From Staff Reports
ATLANTA — The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety has awarded the Georgia Department of Public Health more than $2 million in grant funding to provide technical assistance and resources to partner agencies statewide, develop community support for motor vehicle safety programs, support data linkages and help evaluate program efforts.
“Bottom line, this funding will help us save the lives of Georgians,” Dr. J. Patrick O’Neal, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, said. “By working together and supporting each other, we have made a difference and can continue to save lives and prevent injuries.”
The funding includes:
— $1,347,677 to the Injury Prevention Program’s Child Occupant Safety Project that promotes safe transportation of children throughout Georgia. The COSP provides child safety seats and education for local caregivers through the car seat mini grant program active in more than 140 counties, as well as training specific for health care professionals, law enforcement, emergency medical services, firefighters and child care providers.
— $207,502 to the Office of Health Indicators for Planning OASIS, a web-based query system that gives public access to statistics on deaths, hospital discharges, ER visits and motor vehicle crashes (analysis and maps) based on DPH’s departmental data warehouse.
— $112,735 to Injury Prevention Program’s Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System, a project that brings together multiple agencies to identify opportunities for crash prevention by linking and analyzing crash, vehicle and behavioral characteristics to medical and financial data.
— $118,119 to the Injury Prevention Program’s Older Driver Safety Program that works to maintain or enhance the mobility of older adults by developing comprehensive strategies that balance the needs of older adults with the safety of other road users and pedestrians.
— $241,689 for support of the Georgia Emergency Medical Services Information System upgrades and linkages. The GEMSIS database is the only statewide source for pre-hospital care information. The GEMSIS upgrades grant will support the work being done to increase the completeness and accuracy of the patient care information.
“These grants are key to our public health prevention strategies that improve highway safety throughout the state of Georgia,” O’Neal said.
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