National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's mission is to provide leadership in preventing and controlling injuries, i.e., reducing the incidence, severity, and adverse outcomes of injury, the leading cause of death for those aged 1 – 44.

The Center has three branches: the Division of Acute Care, Rehabilitation Research, and Disability Prevention; the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention; and the Division of Violence Prevention.[1]

History

A 1985 National Research Council report entitled Injury in America [2] recommended that United States Congress establish a new program at the CDC to address the problem of injury. Initially the program was supported with funds from the United States Department of Transportation. In 1990 Congress passed the Injury Control Act which authorized the program within the CDC, and in 1992, the CDC formally established the Center.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sleet, D.; Bonzo, S.; Branche, C. (1 December 1998). "An overview of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention". Injury Prevention. 4 (4): 308–312. doi:10.1136/ip.4.4.308. PMC 1730415. PMID 9887426.
  2. ^ Council, Institute of Medicine and National Research (1 January 1985). Injury in America: A Continuing Public Health Problem. doi:10.17226/609. ISBN 978-0-309-07459-9. PMID 25032429 – via www.nap.edu.
  3. ^ "Violence Prevention at CDC". CDC.gov. Retrieved 24 April 2017.


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