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Office of Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention
What is the Injury Prevention?
The Injury Prevention is a systematic effort to reduce deaths and injuries from intentional and unintentional events such as motor vehicle crashes, poisoning, falls, drowning, shooting, burns, assault, and self harm. The program provides focus, works to reduce duplication of effort and seeks to improve the use of existing resources. The Injury Prevention is responsible for:
- Identifying injury problems and the specific needs for injury prevention programs, policies and services within the state
- Keeping abreast of developments within the field of injury prevention and sharing with others
- Understanding where injury prevention fits into what other agencies are doing and serving as a coordinating force that brings different players to the table
- Building a solid constituency for injury prevention activities within the state. Arizona's Injury Prevention is funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Why is this program needed?
Arizona's injury statistics exceed the national average. In response, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) entered into a cooperative agreement with the CDC in September 2000 to develop a systematic injury surveillance and control process.
ADHS formed an internal work group with representatives from the divisions of Public Health Services, Assurance and Licensure Services, and Behavioral Health Services. The work group, with input from leaders in the field of injury control met to develop the Arizona Injury Surveillance and Prevention Plan, 2002-2005, 2006-2010, and 2012-2016. Along with development of the plan, the Injury Prevention Advisory Council provides recommendations to ADHS on injury priorities, reviews progress in implementation, assists in problem solving, participates in revision and evaluation of the plan, and acts as a liaison between external agencies and ADHS.
The Arizona Injury Surveillance and Prevention Plan, 2012-2016
establishes objectives and proposes strategic actions to avoid injury. The actions proposed are based on the knowledge that many seemingly accidental injuries could have been prevented by taking precautions, avoiding unnecessary risks, and/or enacting and enforcing laws such as drunk driving laws or seat belt laws.
What are the goals of the program?
- To enhance the development of the ADHS Injury Prevention and Control Program to become a proactive and influential focus for reducing injury in Arizona
- To strengthen the influence of the Injury Prevention Advisory Council
- To continue to develop a comprehensive, integrated injury surveillance system that provides population based data for planning, implementation, and evaluation of efforts statewide
- To implement and evaluate the strategic actions formulated in the Arizona Injury Surveillance and Prevention Plan, 2012-2016
What has the program achieved?
- Arizona Prescription Prescribing Guidelines
- Arizona Injury Surveillance and Prevention Plan, 2012-2016
- Appointed an external Injury Prevention Advisory Council
- Developed an Internal Injury Prevention Work Group
- Developed liaisons with community coalitions and councils
Injury Prevention Advisory Council (IPAC)
The next meetings will be held from 9:00am to 12:00pm on the following dates at the Arizona Department of Health Services (150 N. 18th Ave, Phoenix, AZ):
- August 28, 2013
- November 27, 2013
Email Teresa Garlington for webinar and call-in information. This meeting is open to anyone with an interest in injury prevention.
IPAC Presentations
Choose a timeframe to view the related presentations:
- 2011-2013
- 2010
2011-2013 Presentations
- 02/13/13 IPAC Meeting: Gun Safety Presentation (Rabel)
- 11/28/12 IPAC Meeting: 2011 AZ Child Fatality Review Data (Dedrick)
- 11/28/12 IPAC Meeting: 2011 AZ Poisoning Report (Rabel)
- 11/30/11 IPAC Meeting: 2010 Arizona Poisoning Report (Shacter)
- 11/30/11 IPAC Meeting: 2010 AZ Child Fatality Review Data (Herrick)
- 2/23/11 IPAC Meeting: 2010 Arizona Youth Survey (Neitch)
- 2/23/11 IPAC Meeting: Arizona AAA Traffic Safety Programs (Gotsch)
- 2/23/11 IPAC Meeting: BHS Suicide Prevention Initiatives (Adams)
2010 Presentations
- 12/8/10 IPAC Meeting: Impact Teen Drivers (Browning)
- 12/8/10 IPAC Meeting: 2009 AZ Child Fatality Review Injury Data (Shacter)
- 8/11/10 ITCA Data Roundtable: TBI Among Arizona American Indians (Shacter)
- 7/15/10 Arizona Insurance Council Safety Forum: Home Injuries (Shacter)
- 7/15/10 Arizona Insurance Council Safety Forum: Auto Injuries (Shacter)
- 5/12/10 IPAC Meeting: National Violent Death Reporting System (Katz)
- 5/12/10 IPAC Meeting: MCH Needs Assessment (Ritenour)
- 2/24/10 IPAC Meeting: Indian Health Service’s Injury Prevention Program (Morones)
- 2/24/10 IPAC Meeting: Arizona Winter Injuries (Shacter)
Note: Information provided in PDF files, unless otherwise noted.