Find state-by-state injury death rates and rankings and a report card for how well states scored on 10 key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries.
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids established an ongoing national network of hospital-based programs focused on reducing injuries to children in high-injury neighborhoods.
NewPublicHealth spoke with Sheila Regan, who manages hospital partnerships for Cure Violence, formerly CeaseFire, an organization based in Chicago that has pioneered a public health approach to stopping shootings and killings.
Start Strong combines innovative strategies in education, policy change, community outreach and social marketing to stop teen dating violence and empower teens to build healthier relationships throughout their lives.
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January 15, 2013 | Interactive
Find state-by-state scores and rankings on helmet and seatbelt laws, preventing intimate partner violence and other efforts to prevent injuries.
January 3, 2013 | Report
This report, released by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented each year if more states adopted additional research-based injury prevention policies, and if programs were fully implemented and enforced.
October 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Teen drivers may not like it, but New Jersey's pioneering graduated driving license decal law is estimated to have prevented more than 1,600 crashes.
March 4, 2013 | Story
Interdisciplinary team improves care process and likelihood of full recovery.
December 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
E. Alison Holman studies early cognitive predictors of long-term adjustment following trauma, and how people cope with highly stressful experiences with special interest in understanding how trauma affects long-term mental and physical health.
December 13, 2012 | Story
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hails RWJF scholars and others for their transformative work to prevent injury and violence.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study measures the oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) to gauge metabolic abnormalities by using a magnetic resonance (MR) technique. This study supports previous studies' findings: OEF is decreased in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, and correlates with the severity of the injury.
May 19, 2012 | Story
With her RWJF grant, a Community Health Leader funds an online program that brings brain injury survivors together despite distances and disabilities.
April 16, 2012 | New Public Health Post
“One child’s death is one death too many, but thankfully we’re seeing improvement,” says Ileana Arias, PhD, Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the latest CDC Vital Signs report, released today on ...
February 28, 2012 | Story
With RWJF support, Harold Amos Scholar researches a promising approach to treating traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents.