How does a small, new, professional society advance the message of value in research-based injury and violence prevention? Partnerships!
In its first year SAVIR has moved ahead the injury research agenda through partnering with other organizations such as: the Campaign for Public Health, Research!America, and Partnership for Prevention. These friends, although already favorable toward the message of investing in injury and violence research deserves a higher priority in the public agenda, may not have planned to aggressively make that argument.
Through cooperation with these partners SAVIR has been able to bring House finance related committee staff down to CDC to hear the Director of NCIPC present about the great work it is funding, hold a briefing for Congressional staff focused on the economic value of injury and violence research public investments, develop a print advocacy tool to further promote this message in communications on behalf of state and federal increases in the funding of public health research.
To view results of the latter two efforts (an article about the September 19th Congressional briefing and the new print tool for advocating investment in injury and violence research) click onto Research!America’s web site at these links: http://www.researchamerica.org/publications/articles/injurybriefing10-06.html
http://www.researchamerica.org/publications/RA-Injury_f.pdf
SAVIR SEEKS YOUR “PARTNERSHIP” TOO
When SAVIR was introduced to the ICEHS Board in December 2005 it had only twelve members- the same injury research center directors as when it was “NAICRC”. Now SAVIR has 80 members, including research centers and professionals from many areas involved in transportation, violence prevention, workplace injury, child maltreatment, product safety, trauma system improvement, etc. It now offers the types of services and activities you expect of professional associations, e.g., standing committees developing positions on critical issues, an official journal (through partnership with Injury Prevention), a national injury and violence research methods conference.
You are invited to partner with SAVIR. Even if you do not wish to become a member, SAVIR invites you to attend the SAVIR Annual Business Meeting: November 4th 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Just prior to the opening of the APHA meeting, SAVIR will hold its annual business meeting Saturday, November 4th, starting at 8:00 am in the Otis Room of the Westin’s Waterfront Hotel. A significant part of the agenda will be in follow up to the October 10 mediated meeting that was held to further develop its strategic plan. As this plan will be in its formative stage, input from ICEHS members is both welcomed and encouraged.