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Annotation: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) evaluates the safety of products sold to the public, including children's furniture and toys. The commission receives safety-related complaints about these products through its toll-free hotline or its website. Safety-related publications can be downloaded from CPSC's Electronic Reading Room (searchable by subject) or ordered, free-of-charge, in print formats. Many materials are available in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Korean, and Portuguese. The website also provides access to consumer product-related statistics and the National Electronic Surveillance System( a national probability sample of hospitals in the U.S.). A special section of the website is designed for children.

Keywords: Safety, Data, Data collection, Data profiles, Federal agencies, Hotlines, Injury prevention, Injury surveillance systems, NEISS, Product safety, Publications, Recreational injuries, Residential injuries, Spanish language materials, Toy injuries, Toy labeling, Toy safety, Transportation injuries

Annotation: The Unintentional Injury Prevention and Control Program offers services to consumers that include referrals, publications and reference information. Materials are available in Spanish, French, Asian languages, and other languages.

Keywords: Curricula, Data, Educational materials, Injury Prevention, Injury surveillance systems, Massachusetts, Resources for professionals, State initiatives, Training, Training materials, Visual aids

Annotation: The Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center (SCIPRC), one of eleven national injury control centers designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a multidisciplinary academic and community effort that brings together public health scientists, clinicians, social scientists, and other injury specialists. The center works to reduce injury among ethnic and racial minorities, people who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, and other underserved Southern California populations. It sponsors research on applications of biomechanics, rehabilitation, acute care, and epidemiology in the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of intentional injuries (assaults, self-inflicted wounds) and unintentional injuries (motor vehicles, occupational and domestic exposures). Services to consumers include publications and reference information. The center sponsors conferences, training seminars and workshops. Publications include a catalog.

Keywords: Advocacy, California, Data, Education, Injury prevention, Injury surveillance systems, Minority groups, Program development, Research, State initiatives, Training