Indigenous Governance Database

Choctaw Community Injury Prevention Program

Author
The Harvard Kennedy School Project on Indigenous Governance and Development
Year

Responding to alarming rates of preventable accidents on its reservation, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw created a comprehensive community injury prevention program in 2001. Through seat belt and child safety seat campaigns, strict enforcement of motor vehicle laws, and community-wide education initiatives, the program is successfully changing behaviors, saving lives, reducing injuries and disabilities, and lowering health care costs.

health care
public safety
tribal programs
Native Nations
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Resource Type
Honoring Nations Reports
Topics
Civics
Economic and Community Development
Health and Social Services
Useful Links
NNI "Rebuilding Native Nations" Online Course: Administration
Citation

"Choctaw Community Injury Prevention Program". Honoring Nations: 2003 Honoree. The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2004. Report.  

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