The mission of the Arkansas Injury Prevention Coalition is to reduce injury in Arkansas through support of collaborative injury prevention activities.

Welcome to the website of the Arkansas Injury Prevention Coalition (AIPC) sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). We hope your visit to these pages will give you resources to help prevent injuries of all types to you, your family, and your local community. The goal of this website is to provide a single place for the latest data and state-of-the-art practices to prevent injuries. We will be updating the site quarterly to keep you advised of current activities and events in injury prevention.

Paid for by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/whatsnew/whatnew.htm ) or www.cdc.gov/spanish/lesiones.htm, (Arkansas Risk Factors and Solutions -PDF Spanish version)the purpose of the program is to reduce the burden of injury in the state. This burden of injury affects many Arkansans both personally and financially. Since Arkansas ranks much higher (over 40%) in both fatal and non-fatal injury than most states, the weight of this problem is critical.

To lower Arkansas’ injury rates, it takes many partners. The AIPC is an alliance formed to prevent injury by using various approaches. Each partner provides information on their particular area of injury. Our many partners will produce a plan to address the problem statewide. The plan will be based on Arkansas data and state and national goals, with input from the citizens of Arkansas.

For more information contact Bettye Watts at:

Bettye.Watts@Arkansas.Gov