Mission: The Division of Injury Prevention and Control is dedicated to reducing injuries to North Dakotans through leadership, education, resources and policy.

Programs within the division include:

Injury/Violence Prevention Program:  The overall goal of this program is to reduce both unintentional and intentional injuries to North Dakotans, with special emphasis on children and women. The program uses a variety of best practice strategies, including primary prevention theories, data collection and analysis, intervention design and development, training and technical assistance, policy advocacy, and evaluation.

Publication/Resource Topics:

• Bike Safety

• Child Fatality Review Panel

• Home Safety

• Poison Prevention

• Playground Safety

• Product Safety

• Training Events

Child Passenger Safety Program:  The goal of the Child Passenger Safety Program is to decrease injuries and death to children due to motor vehicle crash events. The program uses a variety of best practice strategies, including data collection and analysis, design and development of initiatives, training and technical assistance, policy and advocacy, and evaluation.

• Child Passenger Safety

• Upcoming Trainings

Domestic Violence/Rape Crisis Program:  The overall goal is to reduce domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking crimes in North Dakota.

• Domestic Violence Forms

Suicide Prevention Program:  The overall goal of the Suicide Prevention program is to reduce the number of attempted and completed suicides.

• Bullying Grants

• Suicide Fact Sheet

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  If you are thinking about suicide, talk to someone you trust or call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1.800.273.TALK(8255).
  
  In an emergency, call 911.

• Injury Prevention and Control Conference
• Building Blocks to Safety Newsletter
• Child Passenger Safety
• Division Fact Sheet
• Home Safety Checklist
• Injury Prevention Plan 2010
• Poison Brochure
• Poison Prevention
• Request for Child Passenger Safety Materials - Hospitals
• Suicide Fact Sheet
• Suicide Prevention Plan
• Executive Summary
  (Suicide Prevention Plan)
• Teen Licensing

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