CDC Injury Center Publications

CDC Injury Center's publications are designed for professional health practitioners, researchers, and the general public. Click the publication title to view online or download the full text.

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General

About the Injury Center

• CDC Injury Fact Book (2006)
• CDC Injury Research Agenda (2009 – 2018)
• CDC Injury Research Agenda (2002)
• Injury Center Connection Newsletters (2008 - 2009)

Cost of Injury

• Cost of Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress (1989)
• Economic Burden of Injury in the United States (2006)

Data & Statistics

• CDC's Short Version of the ICECI: International Classification of External Causes of Injury - A Pilot Test (2000)
• Central Nervous System Injury Surveillance Data Submission Standards Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (2002)
  [PDF 856 KB]
• ICD Framework: External Cause of Injury Mortality Matrix (2002)
• Inventory of Federal Data Systems in the United States (1996)
  [PDF 560 KB]
• Recommended Framework for Presenting Injury Mortality Data (1997)
• State Injury Indicators Report (2001)
• State Injury Indicators Report, Second Edition – 1999 Data (2004)
• State Injury Indicators Report, Third Edition – 2004 Data (2007)
• State Injury Indicators Report, Forth Edition - 2005 Data (2009)
• State Injury Profiles (2001)
• The Barell Injury Diagnosis Matrix: Classification by Region of Body and Nature of Injury (2002)

Other

• Atlas of Injury Mortality Among American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Youth (2005)
• Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention (2006)

Unintentional Injury

• Activity Report 2001: CDC’s Unintentional Injury Prevention Program (2001)
• Activity Report 2004: CDC’s Unintentional Injury Prevention Program (2004)
• Bibliography of Behavioral Science Research in Unintentional Injury Prevention (2004)
• Demonstrating Your Program's Worth: A Primer on Evaluation for Programs to Prevent Unintentional Injury (2000)

 

Home & Recreational Safety

Child Injury (Protect the Ones You Love)

• Protect the Ones You Love: Fact Sheets (2009)
• Overview
  [PDF 1.2 MB]
• Burns
  [PDF 1.2 MB]
• Drownings
  [PDF 1.5 MB]
• Falls
  [PDF 1.2 MB]
• Poisonings
  [PDF 1.5 MB]
• Road Traffic Injuries
  [PDF 2.5 MB]
• Protect the Ones You Love: Promotional Flyer for Parents (2009)
  [PDF 1.2 MB]
• Protect the Ones You Love: Promotional Flyer for Participating Organizations (2009)
  [PDF 448 KB]
• Protect the Ones You Love: Poster (2009)
  [PDF 987 KB]

Older Adult Falls

• Preventing Falls: What Works A CDC Compendium of Effective Community-based Interventions from Around the World (2008)
• Preventing Falls: Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults (2008)
• Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls (2005)
• Check for Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults (also available in Spanish and Chinese)
• What YOU Can Do To Prevent Falls (also available in Spanish and Chinese)

Poisoning

• Prescription Drug Overdose: State Health Agencies Respond (2008)

 

Injury Response

Acute Care

• Acute Injury Care Research Agenda: Guiding Research for the Future (2005)

Alcohol Screening

• Alcohol and Other Drug Problems among Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Controlling Complications, Mortality, and Trauma Recidivism – Conference Proceedings (2005)
• Alcohol Problems Among Emergency Department Patients: Proceedings of a Research Conference on Identification and Intervention (2002)
• Emergency Department Services for Patients with Alcohol Problems: Research Directions (2003)
• Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems Among College Students Treated in a University Hospital Emergency Department (2003)

Field Triage

• Field Triage Decision Scheme: The National Trauma Triage Protocol, Pocket Card (2009)
• Field Triage Decision Scheme: The National Trauma Triage Protocol, Poster (2009)
• Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage (2009)

 

Motor Vehicle Safety

General

• Systematic Reviews of Strategies to Prevent Motor Vehicle Injuries (1999)

Pedestrian Safety

• National Strategies for Advancing Child Pedestrian Safety (2001)
• Reducing Childhood Pedestrian Injuries: Summary of a Multidisciplinary Conference (2002)

Teen Drivers

• Graduated Driver Licensing Tool Kit* (2007)
  [PDF 7 MB]

 

Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion)

• Facts about Concussion and Brain Injury and Where to Get Help
• Facts about Concussion and Brain Injury and Where to Get Help (Spanish version: Información Acerca de la Lesión Cerebral Leve)
• Heads Up: Brain Injury in Your Practice (2007)
• Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports (2006)
• Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports (2007)
• Help Seniors Live Better, Longer: Prevent Brain Injury (2008)
• Report to Congress on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Steps to Prevent a Serious Public Health Problem (2003)
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Assessing Outcomes in Children (2000)
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress (1999)
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths (2006)
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Research and Programs of the CDC (2005)
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: The Future of Registries and Data Systems (2005)

 

Violence Prevention

Child Maltreatment

• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures [PDF 4.5MB]
• Child Maltreatment: Facts at a Glance (2008)
  [PDF 112 KB]
• Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Uniform Definitions for Public Health and Recommended Data Elements
• First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation
• Promoting Healthy Parenting Practices Across Cultural Groups: A CDC Research Brief
• Preventing Child Maltreatment: Program Activities Guide
• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures (2007)
• The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan (2008)
• Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence (2004)
• Understanding Child Maltreatment Fact Sheet (2008)
  [PDF 216 KB]
• Using Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Advance CDC Efforts in Child Maltreatment Prevention—Research Brief (2004)

Elder Maltreatment

• Understanding Elder Maltreatment Fact Sheet (2008)
  [PDF 128 KB]

General

• CDCynergy: Violence Prevention Edition
• Coping with Stress After a Traumatic Event: Tip Sheet [PDF 253 KB]
• Injury Surveillance Training Manual (2005)
• Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention* (2006)
• Medical Costs and Productivity Losses Due to Interpersonal Violence and Self-Directed Violence (2007) [PDF 144 KB]
• National Violent Death Reporting System: At a Glance (2008)
• National Violent Death Reporting System Implementation Manual (2003)
• National Violent Death Reporting System Coding Manual, Version 3 (2008)
• The World Report on Violence and Health* (2002)
• Use of Telephone Surveys to Collect Research Data (2006)

Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence

• Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States (2003)
• DELTA Program: At-a-Glance
• Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault: A Guide to Training Materials and Programs for Health Care Providers (1998)
• Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements (2002)
• Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Healthcare Settings (2007)
• Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools (2006)
• Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: CDC's Demonstration Projects (2007)
• Preventing Violence Against Women: Program Activities Guide
• Rape Prevention and Education Grant Program: At A Glance (2004)
• Sexual Violence: Facts at a Glance (2008)
  [PDF 102 KB]
• Sexual Violence Prevention: Beginning the Dialogue (2004)
• Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements
• Strategic Direction for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Promoting Respectful, Nonviolent Intimate Partner Relationships through Individual, Community and Societal Change (2008)
  • Full version of strategic direction [PDF 245 KB]
  • One page version of strategic direction [PDF 153 KB]
• Understanding Teen Dating Abuse Fact Sheet (2008)
  [PDF 168 KB]
• Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet (2006)
  [PDF 178 KB]
• Understanding Sexual Violence Fact Sheet (2007)
  [PDF 481 KB]

Suicide

• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
• Preventing Suicide: Programs Activity Guide
• Special Supplement to Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (2001)
• State Suicide Prevention Planning: A CDC Research Brief
• Strategic Direction for the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior: Promoting Individual, Family, and Community Connectedness to Prevent Suicidal Behavior (2008)

• Full version of strategic direction [PDF 637 KB]
• One page version of strategic direction [PDF 154 KB]
• Suicide: Facts at a Glance (2008)
  [PDF 298 KB]
• The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Suicide (1999)
• Understanding Suicide Fact Sheet (2008)
  [PDF 352 KB]

Youth Violence

• Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook For Community Action (2002)
• Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention (Spanish version: Prácticas Óptimas para la Prevención de la Violencia Juvenil: Libro de Referencia para la Acción Comunitaria) (2001)
• Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers (2008)
• Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools (2005)
• National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention: At-a-Glance
  [PDF 93 KB]
• Preventing Youth Violence: Program Activities Guide
• School-Associated Violent Deaths in the United States, 1994 to 1999 (2001)
• School Health Index
• School Health Policies and Programs Study
• School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence (2001)
• Technology and Youth: Protecting Your Child from Electronic Aggression (2008)
• The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violence (2007)
• Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence (2004)
• Understanding School Violence Fact Sheet (2008) [PDF 188 KB]
• Understanding Youth Violence Fact Sheet (2008)
  [PDF 177 KB]
• Youth Involvement in Community Violence Prevention* (2005)
  
• Youth Violence: Facts at a Glance (2008)
  [PDF 212 KB]
• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001)