Resources

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Assault Prevention Information Network
http://www.jump.net/~judith/APINindex.html

Self-defense and assault avoidance techniques.

Association of American Medical Colleges
http://www.aamc.org/

About the AAMC, events & news, publications and information resources, student & applicant information, medical education, research, and health care updates.

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
http://www.bhsi.org/webdocs/bibnew.htm

Comprehensive bibliography of articles and publications dealing with helmets.

Center for the Advanced Study of Public Safety and Injury Prevention
http://www.albany.edu/sph/injury/injury_3.html

A joint venture of the University at Albany's School of Public Health and the New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee.

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/

Initial focus is on America's violent youth. The three basic components of CSPV: The Information House (database information concerning youth violence), technical assistance services for violence prevention practitioners, and empirical research.

Children's Safety Network (CSN)
http://www.edc.org/HHD/csn/

One of six Children's Safety Network Resource Centers funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Provides resources and technical assistance for maternal and child health agencies and other organizations seeking to reduce unintentional injuries and violence to children and adolescents. Site contains publications and resources produced by CSN and other Educational Development Center (EDC) injury prevention projects.

Colorado Injury Control Research Center
http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/CICRC/

A multidisciplinary center formed from faculty and staff in three Colorado institutions concerned with injury research, prevention, and training. Site offers regional demographics (region VII), information on rural trauma services, and injuries in the region.

Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury
http://www.engr.unl.edu/eeshop/rsi.html

Describes repetitive strain injury in lay terms and offers illustrated suggestions on prevention. Includes book references and links to other Internet resources.

Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/

The federal regulatory agency which helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. Site offerings include latest in recalls, a public calendar, special sections on products and kids, and industry regulations for products.

Crash Analysis and Reporting Environment (CARE)
http://care.cs.ua.edu/

An on-line data analysis and reporting system designed to assist traffic safety professionals in developing more effective traffic accident counter measures.

Crash Test Results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
http://www.hwysafety.org/passveh/pas.htm

Ratings of equipment and laws contributing to vehicle safety.

Emory Center for Injury Control
http://www.sph.emory.edu/CIC/

Information on Safe Communities, bicycle helmets, and the Firearm Bibliography.

Facts about Gun Violence
http://www.aacap.org/info_families/NationalFacts/coGunViol.htm

Brief summary of statistics and safety rules for guns from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://www.fvpf.org/

Focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform. Site offers awareness materials, information on mobilizing the campaign, what you can do, etc.

Farm Safety and Health in Minnesota
http://www.bae.umn.edu/~fs/

Extensive information on a variety of safety issues facing agriculturalists worldwide.

Haborview Medical Center - Injury Prevention and Research Center
http://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/

Formed in conjunction with the Northwest Regional Trauma Center at Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Schools of Medicine and of Public Health and Community Medicine. Site provides information on HIPRC as well as resources and related sites, including a searchable bibliography and Injurynet (an unmoderated discussion list).

Harvard Injury Control Center
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc

Description of the center, a directory, a list of publications, current projects, and related links.

International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
http://www.iscaip.org/

An international meeting ground for organizations and individuals engaged in injury prevention practice, training, research and policy development. An overview of the organization, their journal, activities, etc.

Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
http://www.jhsph.edu/Research/Centers/CIRP/

Information on the center; research being done at the center; education, training (including fellowships) and community service opportunities offered; and an injury-related bibliographic database.

Musicians and Injuries
http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/music.html

A brief description of repetitive strain injury as it relates to playing a musical instrument. Includes book references and links to other Internet resources.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm

Published by the Division of Violence Prevention of The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this site describe the Division's activities and publications and has links to information about the Division's four priority areas for violence prevention: youth violence, family and intimate violence, suicide, and firearm injuries.

National Farm Medicine Center
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/

Information for farmers and ranchers on prevention of agricultural injuries.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Well-organized site with information related to traffic safety including such topics as vehicle equipment, driver performance, crash information and regulations.

National Program for Playground Safety
http://www.uni.edu/playground/

The University of Northern Iowa, under a grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has established a National Program for Playground Safety to address the growing concerns for playground safety in this country. Site includes: goals, services, latest news, events calendar, safety information, statistics, resource lists, and related sites.

National SafeKids Campaign
http://www.safekids.org/

The first and only national organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury. Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore are Honorary Chairs and former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D., is Chairman of the Campaign. Site includes information on National SAFE KIDS week, state and local coalition information, fact sheets, FAQs, and the Family Safety Check List.

Oklahoma State Department of Health Injury Control Division
http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/injury/index.html

Site includes information on the OKC Bombing and the Oklahoma Bicycle Safety Program, an online injury update, and links to other programs offered in Oklahoma.

Pacific Center for Violence Prevention
http://www.pcvp.org/ http://www.pcvp.org/

A project of the Trauma Foundation which works to prevent youth violence in California. Located at San Francisco General Hospital, the Center serves as the policy headquarters for the Violence Prevention Initiative and is funded by The California Wellness Foundation. Site includes legislation updates and information/fact sheets/briefs on firearms, violence, and alcohol.

Recreation Resources Service Technical Assistance Bulletin
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/forest_resources/recresource/playsafe.html

A North Carolina State University site which describes potential hazards found in play areas and suggests a three level approach to safer playgrounds.

Snell Memorial Foundation Home Page
http://www.smf.org/

Well-presented information about bicycle and motorcycle helmet standards, testing, research and legislation.

State & Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
http://www.stipda.org/

STIPDA's mission is to promote, sustain, and enhance the ability of state and territorial public health departments to reduce death and disability associated with injuries. Site includes information on the Safe Communities Conference, the 4th World Conference on Injury Prevention & Control, Member State Injury Prevention Links, Safe States, and STIPDA publications.

Typing Injury FAQ
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~dwallach/tifaq/

Information on preventing and living with typing injuries, repetitive stress injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc. Links to other Internet and book resources.

University of Alabama at Birmingham Injury Control Research Center
http://www.uab.edu/icrc/

Established in the mid 1980s, UAB is a Comprehensive ICRC, whose faculty conducts research in all of injury control's three phases: prevention, acute care and rehabilitation. All of UAB's injury research projects fall within one of two domains: Behavioral Interventions for Injury Control or Environmental Interventions for Injury Control. During 2000, the UAB-ICRC had 110 faculty representing 10 schools at UAB and 13 faculty from other prestigious academic institutions from throughout the United States.

University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/iprc/

The theme of the Iowa center is prevention and control of rural injuries.

University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/

Information on traffic safety with links to related topics including seat belts and child restraint seats.

University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Resource Center
http://www.sph.unc.edu/iprc/


The Injury Prevention Resource Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill addresses the broad array of injury prevention topics, but currently emphasizes three areas: road safety, occupational injury and violence. In addition, UNC-IPRC gives high priority to improving the quality and use of injury databases and make continual efforts to work with injury prevention efforts at the local, state, regional and national levels.

University of Pittsburgh Injury Resource Information Network
http://www.injurycontrol.com/icrin/

A dynamic list of key Internet accessible resources related to the field of injury research and control. The index includes federal and state agencies (in the US and abroad), injury data and statistics, data standards, publications and bibliographies, reference and phone lists, education and training resources, meeting announcements, injury specific resources, recent research, grant opportunities, coalitions and safe communities, safety products, software and related research tools, and discussion and posting areas.





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