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Injury and Violence Resources

Organizations and Agencies

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms of the U. S. Department of the Treasury

Includes Firearms Statistics and State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms, as well as numerous publications.

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (University of Colorado)

CSPV offers numerous searchable databases, including VioLit (violence related literature and research), VioEval (an instrument database compiling data collection tools available on violence-related topics for program evaluation purpose), and more. There is also a guide to state-wide and national organizations, libraries, resources and databases. Numerous publication are available online, and CSPV also offers technical assistance to policy makers and community members involved in violence prevention programming.

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (South Africa)

CSVR works to develop ways to combat the effects of violence and to build a human rights culture in South Africa. It's many publications cover a wide range of topics, including international studies, gangs, death penalty, political violence, state violence, and theory of violence.

Children's Safety Network, National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center

"CSN works with maternal and child health, public health, and other injury prevention practitioners to provide technical assistance and information, facilitate the implementation and evaluation of injury prevention programs, and conduct analytical and policy activities that improve the state-of-the-art of injury and violence prevention." Their site has injury prevention resources and publications, as well as data on injury related deaths and costs (at state and county levels).

Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control, California Department of Public Health

EPIC is "the focal point for CDPH injury prevention efforts, both epidemiological investigations and implementation of prevention programs to reduce intentional and unintentional injuries.". Includes EPICenter - California Injury Data Online, with statistics on injuries by county, including firearm injury data, child abuse and neglect data, violent injuries to females, and more.

Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center

"The focus of the Iowa IPRC is prevention and control of rural injuries. Based on epidemiologic data, rural populations at high risk of injury include children, the elderly, farmers and farm families. The IPRC aims to prevent and control injuries in these high risk rural populations by supporting research and training and by disseminating research results to policy makers."

Workplace Violence: A Report to the Nation (February 2001) examines the causes and types of workplace violence and suggests preventative actions.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC)

This site contains many publications and factsheets on all aspects of injury and violence. It also includes Injury Mortality Reports, which provide "tabulations of the total numbers of injury-related deaths and the death rates per 100,000 population. The reports lists deaths according to mechanism/cause and manner/intent of injury, by state, race, Hispanic Origin, sex, and age groupings."

State Injury Profiles "contain maps and tables of injury deaths and death rates for each state in the nation. The profiles also include descriptions of CDC-sponsored injury prevention programs and research activities in each state."

WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database that "allows easy access to data about unintentional and violent injuries. It offers customized reports about fatal injuries as well as national estimates of nonfatal injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. Data are available by year, state, sex, age, and race/ethnicity."

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention (2002) "looks at the effectiveness of specific violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; and mentoring."

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

NCCANI was established by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974. This site is a source of statistics, information on state laws, funding sources, and more. Many publications are available online.

National Sexual Violence Resource Center

NSVRC's site includes a newsletter, numerous publications, and links to state and territorial coalitions. It also includes extensive information for sexual assault forensic examiners (SAFEs) and sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) - guidelines, protocols, immediate medical concerns, legislation, training, resources relevant to children and adolescents, and more.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Sponsored by the CDC and the Federal Working Group on Youth Violence, this site has information for parents, teens and professionals, including tools to increase the effectiveness of youth violence prevention and intervention efforts, statistics, best practices, policies, and model programs, and research on risk.

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

Violence Against Women Office

"The Violence Against Women Office was created in 1995 to implement the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and to lead the national effort to stop domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking".

Statistics

Subjects covered include crimes and victims, homicide trends, law enforcement agencies, and capital punishment. There is also an long list of publications, as well as some databases

Violence Policy Center

"The VPC approaches firearms violence from a public health perspective and explores policy alternatives to commonly accepted views on gun violence. A primary goal of the Center is the widespread dissemination of this information in an effort to educate the public, news media, and policymakers." Site includes numerous online publications, including Hispanics and Firearms Violence (May 2001), Where'd They Get Their Guns? An Analysis of the Firearms Used in High-Profile Shootings, 1963 to 2001 (April 2001), and Where Did You Get That Statistic? A Bibliography and Resource Guide for Advocates Working to Reduce Gun Death and Injury (January 2000).

Violence Prevention Research Program (U. C. Davis)

VPRP "addresses the causes, nature, and prevention of violence. The major areas of emphasis are the prediction of criminal behavior, the effectiveness of waiting period/background check programs for prospective purchasers of firearms, and the determinants of firearm violence".

World Health Organization, Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention

Includes information on violence against women, landmines and small arms, and the classification of the causes of injuries.

The Injury Chartbook: A Graphical Overview of the Global Burden of Injuries (2002)

"Based on the premise that access to accurate, reliable information is the key to sound policy-making, this publication seeks to provide a global overview of the nature and extent of injury mortality and morbidity in the form of user-friendly tables and charts." Chapters include Road Traffic Injuries, Interpersonal Violence, Fire-Related Burns, and more.

World Report on Violence and Health (2002)

"The specific objectives of the Report are to describe the magnitude and impact of violence throughout the world; describe the key risk factors for violence; summarize the types of intervention and policy responses that have been tried and what is known about their effectiveness; and make recommendations for action at local, national, and international levels. The Report also includes a statistical annex with country and regional data derived from the WHO Mortality and Morbidity Database and a list of resources for violence prevention."

Publications and Databases

1999 National Gun Policy Survey of the National Opinion Research Center: Research Findings

This report examines the public's views on the regulation of firearms, how attitudes have changed over time, gun ownership and use, and socio-demographic differences in attitudes towards firearms.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. DHHS)

Injury and Violence

Scientific Data, Surveillance, and Injury Statistics

Contains data on injury mortality.

Violence and Reproductive Health

Includes several publications on domestic violence.

Children, Youth and Gun Violence (The Future of Children, Summer/Fall 2002)

"This issue of the journal focuses on youth gun violence in the United States, examining the impact of such violence upon children, families, and communities, and exploring policies that aim to reduce gun deaths and injuries to children and youth." Each paper is available as either an HTML or PDF document.

Domestic Violence: Women's Way Out (Pan-American Health Organization, 2000)

"This book sets forth a protocol that may be used to investigate the paths women follow as they search for care and try to solve their domestic violence problems. It introduces the issue of violence against women by presenting a conceptual framework for approaching domestic violence as a health and development problem in Latin America."

SafetyLit

"Over 2600 scholarly journals from 35 professional disciplines as well as reports from government agencies and organizations are examined every week. This weekly update is posted every Monday morning. SafetyLit also contains hundreds of free online abstracts."

Mental Health and Mass Violence: Evidence-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Victims/Survivors of Mass Violence

This report, from a 2001 workshop sponsored by US DHHS and others, "evaluates various psychological interventions that are increasingly among the first responses to traumatic events, to identify what works, what doesn’t work, and what the gaps are in our knowledge."

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) Online (US Consumer Product Safety Commission)

"NEISS is a national probability sample of hospitals in the U.S. and its territories. Patient information is collected from each NEISS hospital for every emergency visit involving an injury associated with consumer products. From this sample, the total number of product-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms nationwide can be estimated. These estimates can be focused by setting some or all of the following variables (and an example of each):

• Date (one year maximum range; e.g., how many injuries were treated in 1996)
• Product (e.g., how many bicycle injuries occurred)
• Sex (e.g., how many injuries occurred to women)
• Age (e.g., how many injuries occurred to people aged 35-55)
• Diagnosis (e.g., how many lacerations occurred)
• Disposition (e.g., how many people were admitted to the hospital)
• Locale (e.g., how many injuries occurred at a school)
• Body part (e.g., how many injuries involved the knee)"

National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women (VAWnet)

"VAWnet staff and consultants collect, analyze, prepare and electronically disseminate information and materials on domestic violence, sexual assault, and related issues via VAWnet's web site and facilitated listserv discussions." The site includes information on sexual and domestic violence, including program development and maintanance tools, prevention and education materials, publications, policy development materials, advocacy tools, funding information, and more.

Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (2000)

Produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Justice of the U S Department of Justice, this report provides information and statistics on violence against women provided by medical and law enforcement professionals, and others.

Guides

Injury Control Resource Information Network

Extensive searchable listing of injury information. Includes statistics, federal, state, and international government agencies, injury specific resources, grant information, software tools, and more.

Injury-Related Websites

From the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.

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