Learning & Resources

In our commitment to preventing childhood injury, on May 2, 2014 the John Rex Endowment hosted injury prevention experts and other stakeholders for a meeting focused on creating a safe and injury-free Wake County for children.  See the full report of the meeting, Building to Impact: Preventing Childhood Injury.  See images from the meeting.

An early step in our work is to gain an understanding of those currently involved in injury prevention activities and the nature of the activities being done.  A Profile of Wake County Childhood Injury and Injury Prevention is the result of that work.

A grant awarded to the UNC Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) resulted in a baseline assessment of Wake County child pedestrian crashes and the establishment of a multi-disciplinary coalition that worked to reduce injuries through outreach, fostering cross-agency partnerships and policy changes.

We believe in supporting opportunities for health promotion and prevention.  This statement is one of our four guiding principles and is fundamental in how we approach our work.  A resource that we find helpful as a reference for multifaceted approaches to injury prevention is the 1999 Prevention Institute article, The Spectrum of Prevention: Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Injury Prevention by Larry Cohen and Susan Swift.

The John Rex Endowment believes it is critical for us to cover direct expenses of a grant as well as indirect expenses that are necessary to support the work being done.

The statewide strategic plan to reduce child maltreatment and secure family well-being is available online.  The plan, Task Force on Essentials for Childhood: Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships and Environments to Prevent Child Maltreatment, offers recommendations for implementation within the areas of raising awareness and promotion, using data to inform actions, and changing social norms and policy. 

Our Nonprofit Capacity Building: 2014 Review and Future Directions report provides the views from those organizations who have participated in this funding opportunity and the consultants who worked alongside of them. The report provides a perspective on the impact of our support in the areas of leadership, adaptive, management and technical capacity.