The Ministry of Health Promotion has invested in several injury prevention initiatives since the Injury Prevention Strategy’s inception.

• Working with our injury prevention and community sport and recreation partners to distribute approximately 7,000 bicycle helmets to children and youth in need across Ontario.
• Extending the Provincial Sales Tax exemption for bicycle safety equipment, including bicycle helmets, to December 31st, 2010.

In the second year of the Injury Prevention Strategy, the ministry provided funding towards the following initiatives in 2008-09:

• Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse Public Health Program
• Ontario Safe Helmet Initiative
• Community-Based Injury Prevention Mobilization Initiative
• Safe Kids Canada

Effective January 1, 2009, the ministry is supporting injury prevention through the new Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse standard which is delivered through all 36 Public Health Units.

The goal of this new public health standard is to reduce the frequency, severity, and impact of preventable injury and of substance misuse. Program services are provided to the community at large, seniors, children and youth, schools and related organizations, and workplaces to prevent injuries and substance misuse in individuals of all ages. 

Visit the Ontario Public Health Standards website for more information.

The Ministry of Health Promotion contributed $400,000 for the ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada to work with public health units and community sport and recreation partners toprovide free sport and recreational helmets to children in need, and to develop and distribute promotional and communications materials. This helmet fitting card was one of the materials that accompanied the helmet fitting clinics.

• Helmet Fitting Card
• Buckle Your Bucket Poster
  

Safe Communities Canada's Community-Based Injury Prevention Mobilization Initiative to pilot Safe Communities grass roots injury prevention model in five Ontario communities experiencing high rates of injury.

Visit the Safe Communities Canada website.

Safe Kids Canada's Ontario Children's Rural Safety Program to increase public awareness of age-appropriate farming activities, tractor related injuries and other injury prevention organizations related to farm safety, child proofing and car seat use.

Visit the Safe Kids Canada website for more information.