Injury Prevention / Child Safety
Louisiana’s Child Safety Initiative, functions to address child injury prevention by seeking to reduce the leading causes of unintentional injuries and deaths in Louisiana among children from birth through 14 years of age.
Child Safety Coordinators
Each of the 9 public health regions of Louisiana maintains a regional Child Safety Coordinator. It is their role to raise awareness and educate communities, including parents, childcare providers, and teachers, about child injury prevention.
All Child Safety Coordinators are certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians who assist with car seat check-up events and teach passenger safety classes to both adults and children. They are certified Child Care Health Consultants, teaching safety concepts in childcare facilities throughout the state.
Contact Information
For more information on the Child Safety Initiative or information on how to contact regional Child Safety Coordinators in the regions, see the chart below.
| OPH Region | Contact Info |
| Region 1 | Andrea Blunt, MPH 1010 Common Street, Suite 700 New Orleans, LA 70112 504-599-0045 Andrea.Blunt@la.gov |
| Region 2 | Cara Browning-Bozeman 7173-A Florida Blvd Baton Rouge, LA 70806 225-925-3840 Cara.Bozeman@la.gov |
| Region 3 | Linda Savoie 1434 Tiger Drive Thibadoux, LA 70301 985-447-0916 ext. 343 Linda.Savoie@la.gov |
| Region 4 | Tracy LeMairer 825 Kaliste Saloom Road Brandywine III, Suite 100 Lafayette, LA 70508 337-262-1132 tlemaire@dhh.la.gov |
| Region 5 | Alisa Stevens 707-A East Prien Lake Rd. Lake Charles, LA 70601 337-475-3219 Alisa.Stevens@la.gov |
| Region 6 | Katherine Fontenette CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini 3330 Masonic Drive Alexandria, LA 71301 318-561-4162 kfontene@dhh.la.gov |
| Region 8 | Wilma Davenport 1650 Desiard Street, 2nd floor Monroe, LA 71201 318-361-7237 William.Davenport@la.gov |
| Region 9 | Jamilyn Hinchey 21454 Koop Drive, Suite 1C Mandeville, LA 70471 985-871-1300 Jamilyn.Hinchey@la.gov |
