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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: 2012

Workgroups: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Workgroup, Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

This resource is intended to spark action nationwide to prevent injuries in children. Its overall goals are to:

  • Raise awareness about the problem of child injury and its effects
  • Highlight prevention solutions by uniting stakeholders around goals and strategies
  • Mobilize action on a national, coordinated effort to reduce child injury
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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Reduce child abuse and neglect deaths — IVP‑15
Getting worse
Reduce nonfatal child abuse and neglect — IVP‑16
Target met or exceeded
Reduce the rate of deaths in children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years — MICH‑03
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2012). National action plan for child injury prevention; an agenda to prevent injuries and promote the safety of children and adolescents in the United States. Retrieved from https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12060.