An international peer-reviewed journal for health professionals and others in injury prevention contains an online article this month detailing Connecticut Children’s Injury Prevention Center’s model for reducing unintentional injury and violence to state residents over the last 25 years.
The Injury Prevention article outlines the center’s approach to injury prevention through four core activities:
— Research focused on identifying injury patterns, implementing innovative solutions, and advocating for effective community-based programs and policies;
— Education and training for pediatric, emergency medicine, and surgery residents and fellows;
— Community outreach centered on child passenger safety, teen driver safety and intimate partner violence;
— Public policy advocacy that has successfully improved Connecticut laws on bicycle helmets, child passenger safety, graduated driver’s licensing and safety belts.
The Connecticut Children’s Injury Prevention Center is part of the Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health, which addresses issues that have the potential to adversely affect children’s health and development and serves as a coordinating entity for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center’s community-oriented programs.
