Injuries are not accidents—they are predictable and preventable. Unintentional injuries—including traffic-related injuries, falls, burns, poisonings, and drownings—are responsible for lost lives, decreased quality of life, and substantial healthcare costs. While injuries afflict everyone, people of color and low-income populations are particularly at risk. Comprehensive, integrated, quality strategies prevent unintentional injuries from occurring in the first place, keeping our communities safe and thriving.
The Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building is a framework for engaging individuals, organizations and governmental partners invested in addressing community concerns. The complete document offers concrete steps towards building effective partnerships and provides tips for making collaborations and partnerships work.
This paper describes The Spectrum of Prevention methodology in current practice in the injury field that can be effective at preventing alcohol-related injuries (both "intentional," i.e. violent and "unintentional," such as motor vehicle collisions, falls, burns, and drowning).
This is a version of an article prepared for the University of California Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Newsletter that provides background on the evolution of seatbelt technology and laws and discusses current issues related to seatbelt use.
This is a version of an article prepared for the University of California Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Newsletter that discusses current trends and issues related to child safety seat technology, legislation, and use.
This is a version of an article prepared for the University of California Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Newsletter that frames current issues related to traffic safety, mobility, and aging, including the examination of factors that influence transportation options and use, and efforts and strategies for enhancing safe mobility for seniors.
This publication summarizes the efforts of 11 organizations advocating for improvements in food and activity environments within predominantly low-income neighborhoods and with African American and Latino residents.
Though this brief primarily views the built environment through a public health lens, it also describes built environment issues from the perspective of environmental justice, sustainable food systems, economic development, equity, and climate change.
The Spectrum of Prevention is a systematic tool that promotes a multifaceted range of activities for effective prevention. The Spectrum identifies multiple levels of intervention and helps people move beyond the perception that prevention is merely education and serves as a framework for a more comprehensive understanding of prevention that includes six levels for strategy development.
This is a version of an article prepared for the University of California Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Newsletter that discusses current trends and issues related to impaired driving prevention.
This paper, co-authored by Prevention Institute and U.C. Berkeley, highlights major traffic safety needs within specific communities of color, and concludes that ongoing data collection and analysis are necessary to provide a more complete picture of the issue.
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