Meharry-State Farm Alliance Honored by the Governors Highway Safety Association.Alliance receives award for its work to improve highway safety, encourage seat belt use and reduce injuries and deaths among African-American motorists NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA GHSA Georgia High School Association GHSA Governors Highway Safety Association (Washington, DC) GHSA Georgia High School Athletic Association GHSA Guelph-Humber Student Association (Canada) ) has presented the Meharry-State Farm Alliance with the Peter K. O'Rourke Special Achievement Award in recognition of the Alliance's work to improve roadway safety, encourage seat belt use and reduce the number of injuries and deaths among African-American motorists. Nominated for the award by the Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office, the Meharry-State Farm Alliance received this recognition at the GHSA's Annual meeting in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm . "We are delighted to have been presented with this special award," said Irwin Goldzweig of the Meharry-State Farm Alliance. "Seat belt use is a vital part of keeping our roadways safe. Understanding patterns of seatbelt use, providing government officials and community leaders with useful data, and creating tailored programs to encourage greater seat belt use is the hallmark of the Meharry-State Farm Alliance. We thank the GHSA for this great recognition." The annual special achievement award is named for Peter K. O'Rourke, a past GHSA chairman and leader in highway safety. O'Rourke was director of the California Office of Traffic Safety under two governors and was instrumental in the passage of several important pieces of safety legislation. After leaving state government, he served as vice president of The Century Council, where he worked to prevent underage drinking and drunk driving. The Meharry-State Farm Alliance was established in 2002 to promote seat belt use among African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. and reduce fatalities, injuries, and economic costs associated with motor vehicle crashes. As part of its efforts, the Alliance has partnered with national, state and local governments and organizations as well as academic institutions and community leaders to raise awareness of racial disparities in seat belt use, pass primary enforcement seat belt legislation  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. in several states, and create community-focused education and public awareness campaigns to encourage seat belt use. The Meharry-State Farm Alliance's work is centered in four primary areas: public policy, national leadership, education, and research. Key Alliance accomplishments for 2005 include: * Public policy: Provided legislators in CO, FL, MA, MS, SC, and WI with data underscoring the pivotal role of primary seat belt laws in reducing death and injury due to motor vehicle crashes. Mississippi and South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. enacted primary enforcement legislation and Florida passed it for motorists up to age 18. * National leadership: Promoted the use of seat belts and child passenger safety seats through research, education, and public awareness. * Seat Belt Champion Awards presented to legislators in South Carolina * Family Health & Safety Days * Teen service-learning programs * Metropolitan Urban Demonstration Project * Research: Prepared research papers for peer-reviewed publications, including: * "The Fatality Analysis Reporting System Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was created in the United States by NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) to provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help suggest solutions, and to help provide an objective basis to evaluate the effectiveness As A Tool For Investigating Racial And Ethnic Determinants Of Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities" (Accident Analysis & Prevention) * "Seat Belt Law Enforcement and Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities Among Blacks and Whites in Louisiana and Mississippi" (Southern Medical Journal) * "Seat Belt Law Enforcement and Racial Disparities in Seat Belt Use" (American Journal of Preventive Medicine preventive medicine, branch of medicine dealing with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health practices. Until recently preventive medicine was largely the domain of the U.S. ) About the Governors Highway Safety Association The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is the states' voice on highway safety. The 501C (3) association represents the highway safety programs of the states and territories on the "human behavioral aspects" of highway safety. Areas of focus include: occupant occupant n. 1) someone living in a residence or using premises, as a tenant or owner. 2) a person who takes possession of real property or a thing which has no known owner, intending to gain ownership. (See: occupancy) protection, impaired driving and speed enforcement, as well as motorcycle, school bus, pedestrian and bicycle safety Bicycle safety is the use of practices designed to reduce risk associated with cycling. Some of this subject matter is hotly debated: for example, the discussions as to whether bicycle helmets or cyclepaths really deliver improved safety. , and traffic records. About the Meharry-State Farm Alliance The Meharry-State Farm Alliance is a joint venture of Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College (məhâr`ē), at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; organized 1876 as the medical department of Central Tennessee College, granted an independent charter 1915. , a historically black academic health center in Nashville, Tenn., and State Farm, which insures more cars than any other insurer in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and is the leading U.S. home insurer. State Farm's 17,000 agents and 69,000 employees serve nearly 73 million auto, fire and health policies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. |
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