Communication Toolkits
Hunting Safety Toolkit
The Communications Toolkit for Injury Prevention Coordinators: Hunting Safety provides coordinated messaging, outreach strategies, and customizable resources to raise awareness and promote safe hunting practices in Pennsylvania communities through prevention education, behavior change, and community engagement.
Target Audience: Licensed and active hunters, new and youth hunters, families and community members, outdoor sports enthusiasts, local leaders and educators, materials can be adapted for rural, suburban, and urban Pennsylvania communities.
Key Messages:
- Firearm injuries are preventable.
- Safe storage saves lives.
- Treat every firearm as if it’s loaded.
- Always point the muzzle in a safe direction.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
- Be sure of your target and what’s beyond it.
Emergency Preparedness Toolkit
The Communications Toolkit for Injury Prevention Coordinators: Emergency Preparedness provides coordinated messaging, outreach strategies, and customizable resources to raise awareness about the importance of emergency preparedness in the event of unpredictable natural disasters and crises.
Target Audience: Parents, caregivers, faith communities, healthcare professionals and the general public.
Key Messages:
- Be informed and prepared: Know the top local threats (e.g., floods, fires, winter storms) and have a plan in place.
- Have a family emergency plan: Include evacuation routes, shelter-in-place locations, and communication strategies. Practice it regularly.
- Know emergency contacts: Keep a list of 9-1-1, local hospital, physician, and other key contacts. When calling, speak clearly, give the exact location, and don’t hang up until told to.
- Prepare emergency supplies: Include non-perishable food, water, first aid, medications, and important documents for at least three days.
Water Safety Toolkit
The Communications Toolkit for Injury Prevention Coordinators: Water Safety provides coordinated messaging, outreach strategies, and customizable resources to Reduce drowning and water-related injuries through prevention education, behavior change, and community engagement.
Target Audience: Parents, caregivers, educators, youth, faith communities, and the general public.
Key Messages:
- Drowning is fast, silent, and preventable
- Supervision saves lives—always designate a “Water Watcher”
- Life jackets save lives—especially in open water
- Swim skills are essential, but not a substitute for supervision
- Barriers + alarms help prevent unsupervised access to water
- Alcohol and water activities don’t mix
Poison Prevention Toolkit
The Communications Toolkit for Injury Prevention Coordinators: Poison Prevention provides coordinated messaging, outreach strategies, and customizable resources to raise awareness and promote poison prevention practices in Pennsylvania communities.
Target Audience: Parents, caregivers, faith communities, healthcare professionals and the general public.
Key Messages:
- Poisoning is preventable.
- Safe storage saves lives.
- Environmental hazards are often invisible.
- Substance-related poisonings require awareness, not stigma.
- Help is always available.
Firearm Injury Prevention Toolkit
The Communications Toolkit for Injury Prevention Coordinators: Firearm Injury Prevention provides coordinated messaging, outreach strategies, and customizable resources to raise awareness and promote safe firearm practices in Pennsylvania communities.
Target Audience: Parents, caregivers, educators, youth, faith communities, and the general public.
Key Messages:
- Firearm injuries are preventable.
- Safe storage saves lives.
- Talking about firearm safety is a sign of care, not conflict.
- You don’t need to own a gun to be part of the solution.
- Help is available: Mental health support and free gun locks exist in every community
Fall Prevention Toolkit
The Communications Toolkit for Injury Prevention Coordinators: Older Adult Fall Prevention provides coordinated messaging, outreach strategies, and customizable resources to raise awareness and promote fall prevention practices in Pennsylvania communities.
Target Audience: Parents, caregivers, faith communities, healthcare professionals and the general public.
Key Messages:
- Falls are common, but preventable.
- Prevention starts with awareness and action.
- Communities and families play an important role.
- Falls can threaten independence, but prevention protects it.