Government Initiatives
for Injury Prevention

Bright Futures is dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.

Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice (SafetyPolicy.org): Viewers can learn about what action various groups are taking on the issue, and the site presents an opportunity for people at all levels of the political process (especially community leaders and concerned citizens) to learn more about policy. 

Children’s Safety Network National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center, Department of Health and Human Services.  The Children's Safety Network is composed of several resource centers funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CSN provides technical assistance, training, and resources to MCH and other injury prevention professionals in an extensive effort to reduce the burden of injury and violence to our nation's children and adolescents.

Emergency Medical Services for Children EMSC is a national initiative designed to reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness and injury. Medical personnel, parents and volunteers, community groups and businesses, and national organizations and foundations all contribute to the effort. A federal grant program supports state and local action. The initial goal is to prevent childhood illness or injury. When prevention fails, the goal is to ensure that all ill or injured children and adolescents receive state-of-the-art emergency medical care from emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics, emergency department personnel, and rehabilitation specialists, if needed.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention works to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs associated with injuries.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. The mission of the NICHD is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives, free from disease or disability, and to ensure the health, productivity, independence, and well-being of all people through optimal rehabilitation. Their site contains information on a variety of different types of injuries, as well as recent research findings on injuries specific to children and adolescents.

National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health.  Look here for information on signs, symptoms, and treatment for depression, PTSD, and other mental health conditions that may be related to or the result of injuries.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Mental Health Information Center. Look here for information on signs, symptoms, and treatment for depression, PTSD, and other mental health conditions that may be related to or the result of injuries.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration home page.  use the search function to find reports and activities on I njury Prevention.  Links to traffic safety fact sheets, bicycle safety initiatives, motorcycle safety information, pedestrian safety programs, school bus safety, and many other projects sponsored by NHTSA.

State Initiatives

State Injury Profiles, 2001. Click on a state to receive data in the form of charts, maps, and graphs for a given state. Data is related to people of all ages. The page also links to all state health department homepages, which can be searched for further state injury information, as well as some specific communities (depending on the state).

Children’s Safety Network, Federal, National, Regional, and State Childhood Injury Prevention Contacts.  Click on a state on the map and it will pull up all childhood injury-related organizations and projects for the state (includes websites and contact information).

Community Initiatives

All Children’s Hospital  All Children's Hospital, located in St. Petersburg, Florida is a regional referral center for children with some of the most challenging medical problems. More than 140 pediatric specialists and subspecialists keep All Children's Hospital at the forefront of treatment, teaching and research. This site provides information about local classes (i.e. CPR, etc.) as well as information for kids and parents on a variety of health issues under the “Community Education” link.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Safe Communities, Safe Communities Town Square.  The Safe Communities Town Square is designed to help transportation safety and injury control advocates to network with one another and share information about building Safe Communities. Provides contact information for Safe Communities around the country, and also a link to injury resources in the “virtual library.”

Pinellas County Health Department, Family Health

Pinellas County Government  Links to all local government agencies, programs, and events.

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