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General

About the Injury Center

• CDC Injury Fact Book (2006)
• CDC Injury Framing Initiative, Adding Power to Our Voices (2008-2010)
• CDC Injury Research Agenda (2009 – 2018)
• Injury Center Connection Newsletter (2008 - 2012)

Data & Statistics

• ICD Framework: External Cause of Injury Mortality Matrix (2002)
• Recommended Actions to Improve External-Cause-of-Injury Coding in State-Based Hospital Discharge and Emergency Department Data Systems (2009)
• Recommended Framework for Presenting Injury Mortality Data (1997)
• State Injury Indicators Report, Third Edition – 2004 Data (2007)
• State Injury Indicators Report, Fourth Edition – 2005 Data (2009)
• The Barell Injury Diagnosis Matrix: Classification by Region of Body and Nature of Injury (2002)

Other

• Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention (2007)
• Injury Surveillance Training Manual (2005)

 

Motor Vehicle Safety

• Motorcycle Safety Guide (2011)
• Policy Impact: Alcohol-Impaired Driving (2011)
• Policy Impact: Seat Belts (2011)
• Policy Impact: Teen Driver Safety (2011)
• Save Lives, Save Dollars — Prevent Motor Vehicle-related Injuries [PDF 255K] (2010)
• Graduated Driver Licensing Tool Kit [PDF 7 MB] (2007)

 

Home & Recreational Safety

Child Injury (Protect the Ones You Love)

• CDC Childhood Injury Report (2008)
• Protect the Ones You Love: Fact Sheets (2009)
  • Overview [PDF 1.2 MB]
  • Burns [PDF 1.2 MB]
  • Drownings [PDF 1.5 MB]
  • Falls [PDF 1.3 MB]
  • Poisonings [PDF 1.5 MB]
  • Road Traffic Injuries [PDF 2.5 MB]
• Protect the Ones You Love: Promotional Flyer for Parents [PDF 1.2 MB] (2009)
• Protect the Ones You Love: Promotional Flyer for Participating Organizations [PDF 448 KB] (2009)
  
• Protect the Ones You Love: Poster [PDF 987 KB] (2009)
  

Fires

• Fire Safety Prevention Tools (including Pocket Media Guide) (2009)

Older Adult Falls

• A CDC Compendium of Effective Fall Interventions: What Works for Community-Dwelling Older Adults (2010)
• Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults (2008)
• Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls (2005)
  • Check for Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults (also available in Spanish and Chinese)
  • What YOU Can Do To Prevent Falls (also available in Spanish and Chinese)

Poisoning

• Prescription Drug Overdose: State Health Agencies Respond (2008)

 

Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion

Fact Sheets

• Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals
• Traumatic Brain Injury in Prisons and Jails: An Unrecognized Problem
• Victimization of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury or Other Disabilities: A Fact Sheet for Professionals
• Victimization of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury or Other Disabilities: A Fact Sheet for Friends and Families

Patient Information

• Facts about Concussion and Brain Injury and Where to Get Help

Health Care Providers

• Heads Up: Brain Injury in Your Practice

Sports

• Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports
• Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports

Older Adults

• Help Seniors Live Better, Longer: Prevent Brain Injury 

 

Injury Response

Field Triage

• Field Triage Decision Scheme: The National Trauma Triage Protocol, Pocket Card (2009)
• Field Triage Decision Scheme: The National Trauma Triage Protocol, Poster (2009)
• Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage (2009)

 

Violence Prevention

Child Maltreatment

• Child Maltreatment: Facts at a Glance [PDF 112 KB] (2009)
  
• Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Uniform Definitions for Public Health and Recommended Data Elements
• First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation
• Parent Training Programs:  Insight for Practitioners
• Promoting Healthy Parenting Practices Across Cultural Groups: A CDC Research Brief
• Preventing Child Maltreatment: Program Activities Guide
• Preventing Child Maltreatment Through the Promotion of Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships Between Children and Caregivers [PDF 279KB]
• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures (2007)
• Promoting Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships:  A Strategic Direction for Child Maltreatment Prevention [PDF 93KB]
• Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence (2004)
• Understanding Child Maltreatment Fact Sheet [PDF 216 KB] (2009)
  

Elder Maltreatment

• Understanding Elder Maltreatment Fact Sheet (2009)
  

General

• CDCynergy: Violence Prevention Edition
• Coping with Stress After a Traumatic Event
• Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention (2006)
• The History of Violence as a Public Health Issue
• The World Report on Violence and Health (2002)
• Understanding the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation
  [PDF 351KB]

Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence

• Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States (2003)
• Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention Training CD-ROM
• Dating Matters™: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships [PDF 2MB] (2011)
• DELTA Program: At-a-Glance
• Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven-Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach
• Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements (2002)
• Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Healthcare Settings (2007)
• Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools (2006)
• Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence: Program Activities Guide (2010)
• Sexual Violence: Facts at a Glance [PDF 102 KB] (2008)
  
• Sexual Violence Prevention: Beginning the Dialogue (2004)
• Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements
• Strategic Direction for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Promoting Respectful, Nonviolent Intimate Partner Relationships through Individual, Community and Societal Change (2008)
  • Full version of strategic direction [PDF 245 KB]
  • One page version of strategic direction [PDF 153 KB]
• Training Professionals in the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence: A Planning Guide
• Understanding Teen Dating Violence Fact Sheet[PDF 292 KB] (2010)
• Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet [PDF 178 KB] (2009)
• Understanding Sexual Violence Fact Sheet [PDF 481 KB] (2007)

Suicide

• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
• Preventing Suicide: Programs Activity Guide
• Self-Directed Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements
• State Suicide Prevention Planning: A CDC Research Brief
• Strategic Direction for the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior: Promoting Individual, Family, and Community Connectedness to Prevent Suicidal Behavior
  • Full version of strategic direction [PDF 637 KB]
  • One page version of strategic direction [PDF 154 KB]
• Suicide: Facts at a Glance [PDF 298 KB]
• Suicides Due to Alcohol and/or Drug Overdose: A Data Brief from the National Violent Death Reporting System [PDF 352K]
• The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Suicide
• Understanding Suicide Fact Sheet [PDF 352 KB]

Youth Violence

• Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook For Community Action (2002)
• Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention (Spanish version: Prácticas Óptimas para la Prevención de la Violencia Juvenil: Libro de Referencia para la Acción Comunitaria) (2001)
• Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children
  
• Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers
• Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Research Brief for Researchers
• Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
• Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools (2005)
• National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention: At-a-Glance [PDF 93 KB]
• Preventing Youth Violence: Program Activities Guide
• School-associated violent deaths in the United States, 1994 to 1999 (2001)
• School-associated violent deaths in the United States, 1994–1999 [PDF 123KB]
• School Health Index
• School Health Policies and Programs Study
• School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence (2001)
• Technology and Youth: Protecting Your Child from Electronic Aggression (2008)
• The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violence (2007)
• Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence (2004)
• Understanding Bullying Fact Sheet [PDF 171KB] (2011)
• Understanding School Violence Fact Sheet [PDF 254 KB] (2010)
• Understanding Youth Violence Fact Sheet [PDF 313 KB] (2010)
• Youth Involvement in Community Violence Prevention (2005)
• Youth Violence: Facts at a Glance [PDF 128KB] (2010)
• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001)