Elderly Fall Prevention

Stanford’s Farewell to Falls Program: http://med.stanford.edu/stanfordhospital/clinicsmedServices/medicalServices/emergency/fallPrevention.html (Requires login)

MaineMed Site: A Matter of Balance: Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors, and exercise to increase strength and balance. There are over 500 Master Trainer Sites located in 38 sites and the NCOA (National Council on Aging) offers a survey to help organizations determine if they are prepared to adopt the Matter of Balance Volunteer Lay Leader Model. http://www.mainehealth.org/mob

Training course Locations: http://www.mainehealth.org/mh_body.cfm?id=5195

Survey for organizations to determine preparedness: http://www.mainehealth.org/mh_body.cfm?id=7291

Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention

CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/prevention.html

BrainLine: BrainLine is a national multimedia project offering information and resources about preventing, treating, and living with TBI. BrainLine includes a series of webcasts, an electronic newsletter, and an extensive outreach campaign in partnership with national organizations concerned about traumatic brain injury. BrainLine serves anyone whose life has been affected by TBI. That includes people with brain injury, their families, professionals in the field, and anyone else in a position to help, prevent, or ameliorate the toll of TBI. http://www.brainline.org/content/2008/07/prevention-0.html

Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention

CDC (Improve Child Passenger Safety, Improve Teen Driver Safety, Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving, Increase Safety Belt Use): http://www.cdc.gov/injury/pdfs/cost-MV-a.pdf

Pedestrian Injury Prevention

CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/Features/PedestrianSafety/

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) “Everyone is a Pedestrian” : http://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/everyoneisapedestrian/index.html

Vision Zero Network: http://visionzeronetwork.org/

Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/

Safe States: http://www.safestates.org/?page=IPI_DomViol_IPV_pg2

DELTA program: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: Through the DELTA Program, CDC Funds 14 state-level domestic violence coalistions to provide prevention-focused training, technical assistance, and financial support to local organizations. http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/deltafocus/index.html

NCCADV: http://nccadv.org

Violence Prevention

CDC STRYVE (Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere): http://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/stryve/

University of Maryland Medical Center: http://umm.edu/programs/shock-trauma/services/injury-prevention/violence

UCSF Wraparound: http://violenceprevention.surgery.ucsf.edu/

Child Maltreatment

CDC Child Maltreatment Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childmaltreatment/index.html

Safe States: www.safestates.org/?=ipi_donviol_IPV_pg2

Chicago Child - Parent Centers (CPCs): http://www.promisingpractices.net/program.asp?programid=98

Healthy Families New York: http://www.healthyfamiliesnewyork.org/

Distracted Driving

http://www.decidetodrive.org/

NHTSA: https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving

National Safety Council: http://www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiatives/Pages/distracted-driving.aspx