The U.S. Senate has designated September as National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. Every 48 minutes someone in the U.S. is paralyzed from a spinal cord injury. Approximately 1.3 million individuals in the United States live with a spinal cord injury and millions of people worldwide are living with paralysis. Prevention is the only cure for spinal cord injuries. An alarming number of brain and spinal cord injuries result from vehicular crashes, domestic violence, attempted suicide … [Read more...] about September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
ThinkFirst Navajo Program gets new leadership, prepares to expand
Children on the Navajo Nation are in safer hands following the appointment of Jodee Dennison as director of ThinkFirst Navajo, a chapter of the ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation. Dennison, who holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, joins ThinkFirst Navajo as the program prepares to expand. Dennison brings to the table 21 years of experience in injury prevention with the Indian Health Service and she retired in 2013 … [Read more...] about ThinkFirst Navajo Program gets new leadership, prepares to expand
