Healthy Connecticut 2020: Focus Area 5 – Injury and Violence Prevention
Violence Prevention
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – www.cdc.gov/ncipc
Suicide Prevention
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – www.cdc.gov/ncipc
- American Association of Suicidology- www.suicidology.org
Violence Against Women
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – www.cdc.gov/ncipc
- Women's Health – www.womenshealth.gov/violence-against-women
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – www.acog.org
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion www.cdc.gov/nccdphp
- United States Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women – www.usdoj.gov/ovw
- Commonwealth Fund – www.cmwf.org
Child Sexual Abuse
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – www.cdc.gov/ncipc
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center – www.nsvrc.org
Unintentional Injury Prevention
Motor Vehicle Related Injury Prevention
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - http://www.nhtsa.gov
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – www.cdc.gov/ncipc
- National SAFE KIDS Campaign - http://www.safekids.org
- National Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center - http://www.pedbikeinfo.org
- Children’s Safety Network - http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org
Falls - Older Adults
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – www.cdc.gov/ncipc
- US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging - http://www.aoa.gov
- U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission - http://www.cpsc.gov/
- National Program for Playground Safety - http://www.uni.edu/playground
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc
- National SAFE KIDS Campaign - http://www.safekids.org
Occupational Injury Prevention
Young Worker Safety
- US Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/index.htm
- US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour - http://www.youthrules.dol.gov
- CT Department of Labor - http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/youth/main.htm
- National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/youth
- Children’s Safety Network - http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org
Statistics and Reports
- National Center for Health Statistics – Healthy People 2020 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people.htm
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – Web-based Injury Statistics Query and reporting System WISQARS) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – Injury Fact Sheets - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/cmprfact.htm
- Injury in Connecticut: Deaths (2005 – 2007)