Injury is the leading cause of death and disability throughout the United States. Yet, injury is a preventable public health problem. With adequate resources and effective collaborative partnerships, state injury prevention programs can significantly affect the burden of injury.

Under the Public Health Injury Surveillance and Prevention Program (PHISP), Integrated Core Injury Prevention and Control Program, CDC funds 30 states to build injury prevention capacity and strengthen related infrastructure and basic injury surveillance activities. With this funding, many state injury prevention programs have expanded the scope of their activities and significantly contributed to injury prevention efforts across the country.

The “Public Health Injury Surveillance and Prevention: A Program that Works” booklet illustrates how state injury programs have successfully used core injury surveillance data and prevention infrastructure to build capacity, foster collaboration, identify additional resources, and implement interventions designed to lessen the burden of injury in their states.

The information in this booklet was collected between 2005 and 2006 from all 30 states that were funded under the PHISP program. An updated booklet will be developed at the close of the project period in 2010.
 

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To learn more about CDC’s PHISP program, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/profiles/core_state/default.htm.