Accident Prevention

The Dukes County Health Council is engaged in a cooperative effort with University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester to develop an accident prevention program on the Vineyard. This year four students, two medical students and two graduate nursing students, will complete a rural health and community public health curriculum. The students will be on the Island for two weeks interviewing a large number of health providers and safety personnel to help the elder affairs committee of the health council survey hazards and possible solutions to improving the wellbeing of seniors.