Childhood injuries
Preventing childhood injuries
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children up to 14 years old. We partner with the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital to prevent injuries and violence among children and youth.
Topics
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Bicycle and pedestrian injuries
Bullying
Child abuse and neglect
Drowning
- Preventing child injuries outdoors
- Drowning prevention: Training lifeguards with virtual reality
- Pool and outdoor water safety (UI Health Care Stead family Children’s Hospital)
Drug overdoses and medication safety
- Drug overdoses among youth
- Medication safety (UI Health Care Stead family Children’s Hospital)
Eye injuries
Firearms safe storage and gun violence
- UI study examines perpetrators of child homicides in the U.S., use of guns
- Safer gun storage to prevent child injuries and death
- Talking about gun safety and safe storage in Iowa
Fireworks and burns
- Firework injuries increasing in Iowa
- Firework injuries in Iowa
- Burn injuries from social media challenges
- Firework injuries remain high in years after legalization: A two-year follow-up (2021)
- Legal consumer fireworks in Iowa corresponds with an uptick in injuries (2017)
- Firework safety (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
Furniture safety
- TV and furniture safety (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
Hot car safety
- Hot car safety for kids (UI Health Care Stead family Children’s Hospital)
Lawn mower injuries
- Serious child injuries from lawn mowers
- Lawn mower safety (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
Pedestrian safety
Playground safety
- S.A.F.E. playgrounds
- Playground safety (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
Road safety
- Car crashes: When teens are at fault
- ATV safety and youth
- Child passenger safety: 30 years of data in Iowa
- Teaching kids safety through driving simulation
- Are Iowan children buckled up?
- Preventing impaired driving among youth
- Transportation safety tips (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
- ATV safety basics (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
- Safe traveling: kids and car seats (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
- Special needs car seat clinic (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
- Child passenger safety (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
Rural injuries
Safe sleep
- Safe sleep
- Safe sleep (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
Sports injuries
Teen dating violence
Trauma care
Winter safety
- Winter safety tips (UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital)
Workplace violence
Our partners
- UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital has information on safety topics on its safety education page.
- UI Safety Store
- Blank Children’s Hospital
- Iowa Child Death Review Team
Preventing Childhood Injuries Conference
Join in a discussion of hot topics, emerging trends and tangible interventions in childhood injury.
Our blog post: The state of childhood injuries