Injury Prevention Research Center

According to the CDC, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period in the U.S. (over 81,000) happened in the 12 months ending in May 2020.  The CDC data suggests overdose deaths were already increasing in the months before COVID-19 and accelerated during the pandemic.

Rural injuries & violence is an understudied area in public health and presents unique challenges for research. With differences in population and geographic remoteness and the growing diversity of the people living in rural communities – how do we define rural?

As the crippling pandemic swept across the world in 2020, the injury & violence prevention (IVP) field stepped up. Here we look back at some of our center’s highlights over the past year.

On November 18 cities across the U.S. will light up green to mark the first National Injury Prevention Day to raise awareness that childhood injuries are serious but preventable.

In the U.S., falls are the leading cause of injury and death from injury in adults 65 years and older. Falls prevention programs can help, but the COVID-19 pandemic has postponed programs or forced them online.

This month marked a new and exciting chapter for the UI Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC) as we welcomed Carri Casteel, our center’s associate director for research, into her new role as director of the UI IPRC. We look forward to featuring Dr. Casteel in a fall blog, but this month we celebrate Corinne…

Summer is here and families across the U.S. have headed outdoors more for exercise, play and recreation amidst a global pandemic. Being active outdoors is good for physical and mental health and child development but must be done safely. Just as social distancing and wearing face masks are critical to reducing the spread of COVID-19,…

Happy 50-blog post anniversary to us! We are grateful to our blog subscribers, whether you have followed along since the beginning or are just tuning in. Here are some of our past blog posts by topic.

An intervention developed by Dr. Marizen Ramirez trains school staff to link kids with trauma to care and is reaching kids in Iowa and Minnesota.

Millions of Americans are isolating at home and practicing social distancing. While these practices are critical to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, they increase the risk for abuse, suicide, and child injuries at home. In rural America these risks could be greater.