Many organizations across Iowa work to reduce falls among older adults and promote healthy aging. How they engage and work together can ultimately impact effectiveness of programs and prevention of … [Read More...]
UI IPRC Injury Blog
IVP during COVID-19: Our year in review
The COVID-19 pandemic that swept across the globe in 2020 is still with us today in 2021. As we look towards 2022, we see a world not only being impacted by the coronavirus, but also injury & … [Read More...]
Nursing & injury prevention: Our Q & A with Professor McCarthy
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 … [Read More...]
Injury Prevention Day: A spotlight on rural child injuries
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. This day … [Read More...]
Students inspired to study injury & violence prevention
Dan Corry, a PhD student in the UI Department of Epidemiology, sustained a mild concussion after falling while snowboarding 15 years ago. He didn’t know then that this injury would set him on a career … [Read More...]