How and why we prioritize these urgent, related, and preventable public health challenges.
Learn about CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, known as the Injury Center.
Health economics can help compare the costs and consequences of injuries and prevention strategies.
The Injury Center conducts and funds research to prevent accidental and violence-related injuries.
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The CDC Injury Center prioritizes health equity in all of our injury and violence prevention work.
- This page explains how everyone can help prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
- Preventing drug overdose and reducing substance use-related harms is a CDC priority.
- Learn about suicide and suicide prevention.
- This page defines community violence, the scope of the problem, and what CDC is doing to prevent it.
- A free online resource for parents and caregivers of 11 to 17-year-olds.
- A free online resource for parents and caregivers of children between the ages of two and four.
- Key facts and resources about the prevalence and trends surrounding cannabis.
- Explore how CDC supports native communities to prevent injuries.
- Drowning is a major public health issue that can be prevented.
- This page explains prevention strategies for firearm injuries and death.
- This page details strategies for preventing youth violence.
- Learn about transportation safety for drivers, passengers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
- Learn about traumatic brain injury and concussion.
- This page features all of CDC's violence prevention-related information.
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CDC funds programs to protect youth, prevent urgent threats, and promote healthy relationships.
How we use data to understand when and why violence and injuries occur and how to prevent them.
The Injury Center conducts research to prevent injuries and violence and reduce their consequences.