CDC's Injury Center 20th Anniversary: Special Journal Issue

Overview

The CDC Injury Center has been the lead agency for non-work-related injury prevention for the past 20 years. In recognition of the Center’s role in creating a safer world, we brought together 20 contributions for a Journal of Safety Research Anniversary Supplement. The Supplement highlights scientific contributions made to the violence and injury field over the past two decades. The Supplement also highlights the Center’s current focal and cross-cutting areas; covers a range of unintentional and violence prevention and response activities; contains contributions from partners; and highlights Injury Center resources. See the Table of Contents for more information.

Table of Contents

• The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control on its 20th Anniversary: A safe future and the importance of 20 Karin A. Mack, Kimberley Freire, Angela Marr
• The future of injury and violence prevention: Where are we going? Linda C. Degutis
• History of Injury and Violence as public health problems and emergence of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at CDC David A. Sleet, Grant Baldwin, Angela Marr, Howard Spivak, Sara Patterson, Christine Morrison, Wendy Holmes, Amy B. Peeples, Linda C. Degutis

NCIPC Essentials

• Twenty years of scientific progress in injury and violence research and the next public health frontier Arlene I. Greenspan, Rita K. Noonan
• Top 20 violence and injury practice innovations since 1992 Howard C. Kress, Rita Noonan, Kimberley Freire, Angela Marr, Acasia Olson
• Injury and violence prevention policy: Celebrating our successes, protecting our future  Rebecca Greco Koné, Elizabeth Zurick, Sara Patterson, Amy Peeples
• NCIPC's contribution to global injury and violence prevention: Past, present, and future  Reshma R. Mahendra, Douglas R. Roehler, Linda C. Degutis

NCIPC Focus Areas

• From modest beginnings to a winnable battle: Road safety efforts at CDC's Injury Center  Ann M. Dellinger, David A. Sleet
• Prescription drug overdoses: A review Leonard J. Paulozzi
• Preventing violence against children and youth  Andra Teten Tharp, Thomas R. Simon, Janet Saul
• Trends in Traumatic Brain Injury in the U.S. and the public health response: 1995–2009 Victor G. Coronado, Lisa C. McGuire, Kelly Sarmiento, Jeneita Bell, Michael R. Lionbarger, Christopher D. Jones, Andrew I. Geller, Nayla Khoury, Likang Xu

Partner Contributions

• National Football League  Roger Goodell
• Young athletes protected by concussion law Liz Langthorn, Tracy Wendling
• Laying tracks of hope: Kentucky's involvement in the EMPOWER program Patricia G. Cook-Craig, Eileen A. Recktenwald, Phyllis H. Millspaugh, Karen S. Lang
• CDC Foundation  Charles Stokes
• The next 20 years - challenges and opportunities for injury and violence prevention Georges C. Benjamin
• Reflections on NCIPC's 20 Years of Injury Control…….Then……Now……Imagine  Andrea Gielen, Carol Runyan, Keshia Pollack, Angela Mickalide, Susan Baker
• CDC Injury Center Resources
• Congratulation Statements