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What is the
Injury Prevention Program?
The Injury Prevention Program
is funded by a grant from CDC to the ADH. The program’s
purpose is to develop and promote injury prevention efforts.
Our goal is to raise awareness of the problem of injury in the
state. One way to increase awareness is the publication of a
report, with regular updates, known as Injury in
Arkansas: A State Profile. This report
describes injury and its causes. It also gives facts on ways
to prevent the different types of injury.
We hope by publishing this
information that the depth of Arkansas’ injury problem will
become better known. The profile provides data and injury
prevention information needed to work with both private and
public organizations. An enhanced awareness, coupled with
detailed facts on injury, will give Arkansans and their
communities the tools to approach specific injury problems at
the local level.
What is the Arkansas Injury
Prevention Coalition?
Made up of key players
interested in the prevention of injuries, the AIPC was formed
as a way to work together towards a common goal. Its purpose
is to develop and share resources. Stressed are activities
that support data collection efforts. This emphasis serves as
the basis to document injury at both the state and local
level. It also serves to inform the public about injury
prevention activities, such as this webpage.
What information does the AIPC
publish?
Injury in Arkansas: A State
Profile
Injury
in Arkansas: State Profile -
PDF
One major task is to compile a
report on the injury problem in Arkansas. The first edition of
this report has been published. Members of the AIPC gave
figures and guidance to develop a single source for injury
data.
Data was broken down based on
CDC categories with state figures from the ADH Center on
Health Statistics and the ADH Emergency Management Services.
Several other organizations provided data from their
particular areas of concern. The information is arranged in an
easy-to-read format so it can be used for various prevention
purposes. Many graphs and charts were given along with the
descriptive text.
The profile is divided into
five separate areas of focus – Motor-vehicle, Recreational,
Home, Occupational, Intentional, and sections on Traumatic
Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries. State and county-level
fatality data, state-level hospital discharge figures, and
further information are given. Please feel free to view the
Profile online at http://www.healthyarkansas.com/data/data.
Executive Summary - Injury in
Arkansas: A State Profile
Publishing a concise executive
summary of the profile is another activity of the AIPC. This
information gives the most current data on Arkansas’ injury
in a brief, easily read format. The executive summary will be
available at this website in the Spring of 2004.
Arkansas Injury Facts
February 1, 2006
Arkansas Injury Facts -
PDF
The Arkansas Injury Coalition, sponsored by the Injury Prevention Program of the Arkansas
Department of Health and funded by the Centers for Disease Control, is pleased to provide this
update documenting the enormous problem of injury in the state. This summary of 1999-2001
data reflects an analysis of the incidence of injury and fatality in Arkansas. The analysis update
is presented across causal factors through Arkansas’ mortality, hospital discharge and emergency
services vehicle run databases. The analysis also provides an overview of Intentional and
Unintentional injuries and deaths.
The Strategic Injury Prevention
Plan
Arkansas
Injury Surveillance and Prevention Plan -
PDF
Strategic
Plan Input
A final goal is to design a
data-driven strategic injury prevention plan for Arkansas.
This plan will involve local community resources. It will
include a strategy for anyone who is interested in injury
prevention activities. We hope that the plan serves to bring
about a more complete and thorough approach to reduce injury
in the state.
Coalition members are working
on this plan to identify its goals and strategies. The plan
will be based on Arkansas injury data and the national Healthy
People 2010 Objectives for Injury Prevention.
The plan will address each of the five areas of concern. Both
long and short-term goals will be developed for each category
of injury.
The plan will be provided for
public comment during summer 2004. Input from Arkansas
citizens will be gained through regional meetings which will
be announced. Remarks may also be given by the public through
e-mailed comments to this website.
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