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In Kentucky, KIPRC’s Community Injury Prevention programs are working to make our state and communities safer places to live, work, and play. Injuries are when the human body is exposed to harm or functional impairment and can be unintentional (e.g., motor vehicle crashes and falls) or intentional (e.g., child maltreatment and suicide).

KIPRC’s Community Injury Prevention programs work to address the most pressing injury issues individuals face throughout their lifespan; our injury focus areas are identified through population-based data (e.g., death certificates and hospital discharge records).

We implement, evaluate, and promote strategies (i.e., education, policy, and evidence-based and –informed programs) with our community partners and coalitions in order to prevent injury and mitigate injury-related outcomes (e.g., deaths, emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and monetary costs) at the local and state levels.

Associated Programs

  • Kentucky Injury Surveillance Quality Improvement Program

    The Kentucky Surveillance Quality Improvement (SQI) Program, along with similar programs in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Maryland, is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve our methodology for conducting injury surveillance.

    Multistate projects include those seeking to validate traumatic brain injury and suicide/self-harm case definitions. Kentucky-specific projects include the validation of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th revision (ICD-10) O codes for injury during pregnancy.

  • Kentucky Violence and Injury Prevention Program

    The Kentucky Violence and Injury Prevention Program (KVIPP) supports the implementation and evaluation of multiple injury prevention programs focusing on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), traumatic brain injury, older adult falls, transportation safety, and military-connected youth.

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  • Pediatric and Adolescent Injury Prevention Program

    The Pediatric and Adolescent Injury Prevention Program (PAIPP) has two main goals: (1) prevent injury and injury-related death to Kentucky children by improving the safety of the environments in which they live, play, learn, and travel and (2) improve the quality of data on Kentucky children’s deaths and injuries through support for the child death review process at the local county level.

  • Older Adult Fall Prevention

    KSAC is a member of the national Falls Free™ Coalition sponsored by the National Council on Aging and serves as a link to national and state resources available to the local and state agencies and coalitions.

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