Links
Child Death Review Links
Injury Prevention and Health Links
Injury Data Links
Other Online Best Practice Tools
Child Death Review Links
National Center for Child Death Review
http://www.childdeathreview.org/home.htm
Comprehensive resource center for state and local CDR programs, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The goal of the center is to promote, support and enhance child death review methodology and activities at the state, community and national levels. Site includes state-level data and resources.
State Child Death Review Programs
http://www.childdeathreview.org/state.htm
Descriptions of individual state Child Death Review programs.
Injury Prevention and Health Links
Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC)
Provides resources and best practices, along with more general research-based background on injury prevention topics.
Children's Safety Network
http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org
Funded by HRSA-MCH, this site serves state Maternal and Child Health staff and other public health department personnel who are responsible for preventing injuries and violence. Features technical assistance, training and research.
SafetyLit: Injury Prevention Literature Update
Weekly compilation of recently published journal article abstracts that relate to a wide range of injury mechanisms.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Provides prevention support, training, and resources to assist organizations and individuals to develop suicide prevention programs, interventions and policies, and to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
Injury Prevention Online Resources
http://www.injuryprevention.org/
Site hosts several injury prevention agencies, in addition to providing over 1400 links to injury prevention resources.
National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/index.html
Centers for Disease Control site provides comprehensive information, including injury data and funding opportunities.
The Home Safety Council
This is the only national nonprofit organization solely dedicated to preventing home related injuries. The site has links to their numerous curricula and injury prevention materials available and specializes in home safety literacy.
Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury, primarily to children 14 and under. Site has links to their programs that include Safe Kids At Home, Kids Buckle Up, Fire Safety, Ready to Roll - Bike Safety, Safe Kids Walk This Way, and Safe Kids Week.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site provides access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, search and reunion, and much more.
Emergency Medical Services for Children Resource Center
http://www.childrensnational.org/EMSC/
This site and Center has resources focused on improving pediatric emergency medical care within EMS systems.
Maternal & Child Health Library
http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html
Contain selections of recent, high quality resources and tools for staying abreast of new developments and conducting further research. Includes links to Web sites, electronic publications, databases, and discussion groups, and citations for journal articles and other print resources.
DrugWatch: Keeping an Eye on Pharmaceuticals
DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers.
Injury Data Links
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data National
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Provides state-specific information about issues such as asthma, diabetes, health care access, alcohol use, hypertension, obesity, cancer screening, nutrition and physical activity, tobacco use, and more.
WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/
Centers for Disease Control interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data for both fatal and nonfatal injuries.
Other Online Best Practice Tools
Promising Practices Network - Best Practices
http://www.promisingpractices.net/
The Promising Practices Network (PPN) is dedicated to providing quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, youth, and families. Focus on program implementation and evaluation. Operated by the RAND Corporation.
Community Toolbox
Created and maintained by the Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, the interactive Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical information to support work in promoting community health and development.
The Community Guide
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html
CDC site features evidence-based recommendations for programs and policies to promote population health. Written for professional audiences.