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Support National Injury Prevention Day, Nov. 18

Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability to U.S. children ages 1 to 18 years old. Every day, 20 children die from injuries resulting in more deaths than all other diseases combined. St. Louis Children’s Hospital news release The Institute for Public Health is supporting the country’s top injury and violence prevention organizations, […]

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New Public Service Video Aims to Show Prevention is the Safest Weapon

Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager at Institute for Public Health Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of death in children.  Safe storage is an essential step in ensuring that children are not harmed by bullets, an occurrence that happens all too often in the home. A study conducted by pediatric surgeons from the […]

Combining public health and rights-based approaches to address violence

Written by Poli Rijos, MSW, manager for the Center for Community Health Partnership & Research at the Institute for Public Health In early June, I spent eight days in El Salvador. Funding from the Institute for Public Health, the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, and my family gave me the opportunity to attend Global […]