Injury Prevention Research Center

The UI IPRC conducted a social network survey in two Iowa communities to see how organizations involved in falls prevention and serving Eastern Iowa were collaborating with each other – finding that fire departments were key players in this network.

In our last blog post of 2021, we reflect on injury & violence prevention during COVID-19 and look back at some of our center’s highlights over the past year, including our 30th anniversary! Thank you to our dedicated partners and colleagues who are making our communities safer & saving lives.

Ann Marie McCarthy, a professor in the UI College of Nursing, has been providing her expertise on injury prevention for over a decade as a member of the UI Injury Prevention Research Center Executive Committee. Here, she offers her thoughts on the role of nurses in injury prevention, the mental health challenges of nurses during…

Nov 18 – Around the country trauma hospitals, buildings and bridges will light up green as advocates in injury and violence prevention mark the second annual National Injury Prevention Day.

Read about two UI Injury Prevention Center/ College of Public Health students and the important work they are doing to address injury & violence issues – including TBIs & mental health in veterans, child abuse, and missing & murdered indigenous women & girls.

Read how a new hospital program in Iowa is helping families with kids in a mental health crisis and how an innovative surveillance system is helping us learn more about suicides in our state.

Technology that our bicycle safety researchers use shows how behavior and the environment interact and can help identify what policies, infrastructure changes, and educational programs are needed to improve safety.

We connected with Lisa Cushatt, Executive Director of Iowa ACEs 360 and Sarah Welch, who leads Iowa ACEs 360’s communication efforts and the Sesame Street in Communities work in Iowa, to talk about the ground-breaking research on childhood trauma and what the coalition is doing to help Iowan families heal.

Several researchers at the University of Iowa are studying injury & violence issues among U.S. veterans, including opioid use disorder/overdoses, suicide, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and sexual violence during military service.

According to the CDC, one in every five children under the age of 15 killed in traffic crashes are pedestrians. Among the dangers for teen and young child pedestrians are distracted walking (i.e., from headphones and texting), unsafe crossings, increased roadway traffic, and larger vehicles. Most pedestrian deaths occur in urban areas. However, rural roads…