Childhood Injury Prevention Network-Bay Area (CIPN-BA)

The Childhood Injury Prevention Network-Bay Area (CIPN-BA) is a multi-disciplinary group of individuals and agencies crossing county lines who share a passion for a safer world.

The Childhood Injury Prevention Network-Bay Area CIPN-BA was co-founded by Bonnie Lovette RN MS PNP, Injury Prevention Coordinator, Trauma Services, Children's Hospital Oakland. Please note that many CIPN-BA members are not affiliated with Children's Hospital Oakland.

We are committed to a leadership role in improving the lives of children through building community awareness of children’s injuries as a public health priority, and by influencing legislation. We address both unintentional and intentional injuries as there are a number of similarities in terms of the all-encompassing approach to preventing injuries from ever occurring.

CIPN-BA’s goal is to provide networking opportunities; information and data-sharing; and offer individual expertise in various areas of injury prevention within and beyond the group.

We focus on unintentional injuries for a target population of children 0-14 years of age in these areas:

Child passenger safety Falls Children in and around cars Wheeled activities Fire and burns Choking

Dog bites Water safety Home safety Pedestrian safety Poisonings SIDS

 

CIPN-BA also focuses on intentional injuries for a target population of children 0-14 years of age in these areas:

• Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome or SBS)
• Child abuse
• Community violence (homicide, suicide)

Our Vision

We believe that 90% of childhood unintentional injuries can be prevented. Intentional injuries can also be prevented by changing the underlying conditions that contribute to violence in our community. We are confident that knowledge from multiple disciplines strengthens our approach to prevention. By forming a core of skilled injury prevention practitioners, we are prepared to lead, collaborate, and advocate for effective prevention strategies. One of our objectives is to begin to understand more about how to affect behavior modification within our communities, which will enable children and their caretakers to build resiliency. This knowledge will promote equitable outcomes for all children, and begin to reduce injury disparities that now exist due to race or socio-economic status which often limits cohesiveness of communities.

CIPN-BA's Members

Bonnie Lovette, RN, MS, PNP, Co-Chair, CIPN-BA	Cynthia Frankel, RN, MN	Sam Morgan	Salvador Vargas
John "Jack" Walsh, Co-Chair, CIPN-BA	Julie Espinoza Garcia, MSW, LCSW	Laura Pooler, LCSW	Michelle Voos
Linda Ayala, MPH	Elmer Glasser	Carol Powers, MA	Deede Vultaggio, RN
Kim Baranek, MPH	Dabi Marsee	Dan Peddycord, RN, MPA/HA	Nakia Wallace, BSN, RN
Natalie V. Berbick, MSW	Gianna Baldazo	Coire Reilly	Dana Wiltsek, MA, ASW
Alison Brooks RNC, MS, CNS	Stephanie Jim	Nadina Riggsbee	Kat Woolbright
Jim Carpenter, MD, MPH, FAAP	Ysela Jimenez	Emma R Olenberger, MA	Jessica Recinos
Jennifer Chaves	Clayton Johnson	Catherine Stafford	Michelle Rivero, MPH
Pete DeQuincy	Beverly Juan, MD	Marcy Takeuchi, MSW	Pamela Anderson-Moore, MPH
Shannon S. Edwards	Stefania Kaplanes, MSW	Lisa Vajgrt-Smith, MPH	Carol Carrillo, MSW
Patricia Frost, RN, MS, PNP	Shannon Ladner-Beasley, MPH	Anna Cleese	Naila Francies
Kim Laciana	Shalila Melvin, BA	Pamela Stoker, MA