rown ings , ▁fires , ▁medic ation ▁poison ing , ▁and ▁similar ▁har ms . ▁Sa fe ▁K ids ▁addresses ▁un intent ional ▁inj uries ▁that ▁can ▁result ▁in ▁serious ▁dis ability ▁or ▁death . ▁ ▁Found ing ▁and ▁history ▁Sa fe ▁K ids ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁by ▁Dr . ▁Martin ▁E ich el berger , ▁a ▁ped iat ric ▁tra uma ▁sur geon ▁at ▁Children ' s ▁National ▁Medical ▁Center ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁and ▁writer ▁and ▁public ▁relations ▁consult ant ▁H erta ▁Fe ely . ▁Dr . ▁E ich el berger ▁joined ▁with ▁Johnson ▁& ▁Johnson ▁to ▁create ▁an ▁organization ▁dedicated ▁to ▁protect ing ▁children ▁from ▁prevent able ▁inj uries . ▁Dr . ▁C . ▁Ever ett ▁Ko op ▁served ▁as ▁its ▁chairman ▁for ▁its ▁first ▁ 1 3 ▁years . ▁The ▁current ▁president ▁is ▁Tor ine ▁Cre ppy . ▁ ▁Program s ▁Sa fe ▁K ids ▁World wide ▁ach ieves ▁this ▁goal ▁through ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁accident - specific ▁prevent ion ▁and ▁aw aren ess - prom oting ▁programs . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁programs ▁include : ▁Research : ▁Sa fe ▁K ids ▁uses ▁information ▁from ▁national ▁injury ▁databases ▁and ▁conduct s ▁original ▁quant itative ▁and ▁qual itative ▁research ▁to ▁explore ▁how ▁and ▁why ▁inj uries ▁happen ▁and ▁to ▁develop ▁effective ▁behavior ▁change ▁strateg ies . ▁Community ▁Out re ach : ▁Sa fe ▁K ids ▁has ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 0 ▁coal itions ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁ 2