Kentucky Advancing Violence Epidemiology in Real Time (KY AVERT) is a surveillance system with the goal of increasing the timeliness and availability of morbidity data for
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all firearm injuries regardless of intent;
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violence-related injuries (including firearm, sexual, interpersonal, youth, intimate partner, intentional self-directed, child abuse, etc.); and
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mental health-related conditions.
Several databases lend insight into injury patterns in Kentucky, including those that surveil emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, death certificates, and emergency medical services.
The KY AVERT team works with local and statewide agencies, including but not limited to local health departments and community stakeholders, to disseminate the trends and patterns of violence-related and firearm injuries and mental health conditions to key partners for a timelier response to changes and to create more targeted interventions.
NOTE: On the drug overdose prevention page (https://kiprc.uky.edu/injury-focus-areas/drug-overdose-prevention), delete the Data Driven Responses to Prescription Drug Misuse page and the Drug Overdose Technical Assistance Core page.
