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This list of organizations is drawn from the MCH Organizations Database. Contact information is the most recent known to the MCH Digital Library.


Displaying records 1 through 12 (12 total).

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC)

Annotation: The Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) is one of 10 national injury control centers designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Research projects include the development of programs that prevent falls among the elderly and train health care providers to recognize domestic violence, use of state-of-the-art epidemiology to determine injury risk factors, use of biomechanics to study hard tissue trauma, evaluation of the effectiveness of helmets in preventing different types of recreation-related head injuries, and new methods for assessing injured patients. The center also hosts a list service, offers seminars, and conducts a program promoting the safe storage of handguns. The center offers publications and reference information to consumers.

Keywords: Data, Educational materials, Federal agencies, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resource centers, Resources for professionals

Harvard Injury Control Research Center (HICRC)

Annotation: The Harvard Injury Control Research Center is a multidisciplinary unit based at the Harvard School of Public Health. The Center's theme "Protecting Vulnerable Populations" is accomplished through applied research projects, conferences training activities, and communications with injury control professionals, journalists and reporters, opinion leaders, policymakers, and the public. HICRC has important collaborative ties with scientists at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Education Development Center, the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, the six level-1 trauma centers in Massachusetts, Boston University School of Public Health and the New England Medical Center. HICRC resources are devoted to two priority issues: transportation safety and violence prevention. The Center sponsors workshops, conferences, and training seminars. Services to consumers include publications and reference information.

Keywords: Data, Educational materials, Federal agencies, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resource centers, Resources for professionals

Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy (JHUCIRP)

Annotation: The Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, one of eleven national injury control centers designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is dedicated to high quality research that informs the establishment of programs and policies aimed at controlling the incidence, severity and consequences of injuries; the application of this research through professional practice; and the integration of research and practice with the education of future research scientists and practitioners in injury control. The Center embraces a public health approach to injury control and uses it as a framework to organize and prioritize its activities in the areas of primary prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation. Educational programs include the week long Summer Institute on Injury, academic courses, and special workshops. The Center also provides education and assistance on injury control to legislators, health departments, community agencies and the public. Services to consumers include referrals, publications and reference information.

Keywords: Data, Educational materials, Federal agencies, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resource centers, Resources for professionals

National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSD)

Annotation: The National Association of State EMS Directors (NASEMSD) brings together the emergency medical services (EMS) directors of each state, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. The association provides leadership in developing effective emergency medical systems and helps to formulate national EMS policy. It also sponsors an annual conference, and maintains databases on U.S. ambulance services and on physicians who provide medical direction to EMS provider agencies.

Keywords: Emergency medical services, Ambulances, Child health, Child injury, Emergency Medical System, Injuries, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resources for professionals, Therapeutics, Trauma

National Association of State Offices of Minority Health (NASOMH)

National Health Council (NHC)

National Healthy Schools Collaborative

Annotation: The National Healthy Schools Collaborative (NHSC) is a collective impact group of well-established, nationally recognized organizations working in health and education brought together by the Kaiser Permanente’s Thriving Schools. The NHSC believes that health is an essential precondition for teaching and learning.

Keywords: Child health, Collaboration, National organizations, School health, Schools

Safe Kids Worldwide (SKWW)

Annotation: Safe Kids Worldwide (SKWW) is a global effort to focus solely on unintentional childhood injury prevention. Each year, more than one million children ages 14 and under die from unintentional injuries such as fires, drownings, and traffic crashes, and many more are permanently disabled. Safe Kids Worldwide was created to meet this challenge by establishing a global network of organizations committed to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury. Services to consumers include inquiry responses, publications (some materials are available in Spanish), and reference Information. Safe Kids Worldwide publishes a catalog and newsletter, and sponsors conferences.

Keywords: Injury prevention, Advocacy, Bicycle helmets, Child health, International health, Intervention, Legislation, National organizations, Outreach, Public education, Safety equipment

San Francisco Injury Center (SFIC)

Annotation: The San Francisco Injury Center is one of ten national Injury Control Research Centers designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mission of the SFIC is to expand knowledge in the areas of acute care for traumatized individuals and to promote injury prevention strategies and policy advocacy efforts among local, regional, and national audiences. Current research in the area of acute care brings together multidisciplinary faculty, staff and students from throughout the UCSF Health Sciences Campus. Prevention and policy activities are carried out in collaboration with the Trauma Foundation through support of the Injury Prevention Library, injury surveillance, conferences, educational programs and fellowships. Services provided to consumers include referrals, publications, and reference information. The organization publishes a newsletter.

Keywords: Data, Educational materials, Federal agencies, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resource centers, Resources for professionals

University of Alabama at Birmingham Injury Control Research Center (UAB ICRC)

Annotation: The Injury Control Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB ICRC) strives to help the nation, and especially the southeastern region, achieve an accelerated reduction in injury-related morbidity, mortality, and disability. As one of eleven national injury control research centers designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the UAB ICRC has selected rehabilitation research as its unique niche. The Center works to improve rehabilitation practices that help people with injuries achieve their maximum potential, and to stimulate faculty development in rehabilitation and related areas. In addition, the UAB ICRC coordinates research and community programs which incorporate other facets of injury control, including biomechanics, health promotion and disease prevention, acute care and epidemiology. Within UAB's Schools of Engineering and Public Health, the ICRC sponsors graduate and undergraduate level courses which focus on many aspects of injury prevention and control. Center publications include a semi-annual newsletter (The Informer) and a report of research findings published every two years. The UAB ICRC also sponsors conferences, workshops, training seminars and monthly research updates for funded projects and Center-related research initiatives.

Keywords: Data, Educational materials, Federal agencies, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resource centers, Resources for professionals

University of Iowa, Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC)

Annotation: The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC) aims to control and prevent injuries in high risk rural populations (these include children, the elderly, farmers, and farm families) through research, training, and public policy, targeting especially rural motor vehicle injuries, and farm and other occupational injuries. The Center is organized around five multidisciplinary cores, six large research projects, and a pilot research grant program involving faculty from four colleges and sixteen departments at The University of Iowa. The specific aims of the six large research projects are 1) To evaluate Iowa’s trauma system; 2) to conduct a randomized control trial of different types of smoke detectors in a rural area; 3) To examine risk taking among children by using a bicycle simulator; 4) to study driving abilities in sleep deprived drivers by using a driving simulator; 5) to determine the effects on driving performance of the most commonly utilized antiepileptic drug, phenytoin; and 6) to integrate the approaches of public health and clinical psychology to explain the longitudinal course of intimate partner violence and its impact on women’s physical and psychological health. The UI IPRC also provides outreach information and education programs, supports multidisciplinary training in injury prevention, and promotes the development of public policies to prevent and control injuries. The UI IPRC supports the Midwest Injury Prevention Consortium and also serves as a national resource for rural injury prevention.

Keywords: Data, Educational materials, Federal agencies, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resource centers, Resources for professionals

University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center (UNC IPRC)

Annotation: Founded in 1987, the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center is one of 11 "Centers of Excellence" funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The center's mission is to build the field of injury prevention and control through a combination of interdisciplinary scholarly approaches to research, intervention, and evaluation as well as through the training of the next generation of researchers and practitioners. IPRC facilitates injury collaboration and research at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as well as with researchers and practitioners throughout the United States and the world. Current studies concern occupational injury, violence, including interpersonal violence, homicide and suicide, and sports injury. The center offers technical assistance, disseminates information through newsletters and seminars, and coordinates activities with local coalitions, state health agencies, and national organizations such as the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Director’s Association and the Southeastern Region Injury Control Network.

Keywords: Data, Educational materials, Federal agencies, Injury prevention, National organizations, Resource centers, Resources for professionals

   

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