Community Injury Prevention 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. PAIPP accomplishes this by using epidemiological data to develop education, public outreach, and support strategies for state and local agencies, health professionals, and other related professionals that address the prevention of childhood injuries at different ages and development stages. PAIPP’s technical assistance and services cover the entire spectrum of pediatric intentional and unintentional injuries from birth to 18 years of age, addressing topics such as safe sleep, suicide, child maltreatment, fire, hyperthermia, and firearm death or injury.