The tour has visited or is scheduled in Dearborn, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Cleveland, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Nashville, Denver, New York, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco in 1998. Initiative addresses community health needs. The group has seven primary goals including engaging the community and creating networks to translate ideas into actions. A New preschool program has also been recently introduced. The programs address pedestrian, motor vehicle, tricycle, bicycle, skateboard, playground and violence related injury prevention for young children.
Corporations attend safety meeting.
Health group advancing Safe Communities. The Sierra project is unique in that it is involved with an existing Safe Communities program and focuses on Sierra employees and businesses for whom Sierra provides health insurance coverage. The agency is also working with the Association to develop a tool kit for managed care providers promoting traffic safety as an important prevention issue for managed care and emphasizing the role of health plans in advancing Safe Communities.