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The Institute of Medicine's and National Academy of Sciences' 1985 and 1989 reports spark a national call for a consolidated federal focus on injury prevention. The mission — bring the public health perspective to injury prevention. Its aim — apply the same kinds of techniques that had proven so effective in preventing infectious disease transmission and reducing the effect of chronic illnesses to reduce injuries and their effects. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention merges existing programs to form a division for injury control.
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DUI and Children
CDC research finds that nearly two-thirds of children killed in drinking driver-related crashes were riding with the impaired
driver. These data spur several states to introduce legislation that creates special penalties for persons who transport children under age 16 while driving drunk.
Youth Violence
With the homicide rate for youth under 19 years old averaging nine deaths a day, CDC issues Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action, the first of its kind for youth violence. CDC draws upon real-world experiences to prevent violence among children and adolescents.
National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence
CDC funds 10 colleges and universities to establish the National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence. The centers foster joint efforts between university researchers and communities to address the problem of youth violence.
State Profiles
CDC enhances State Injury Profiles, reports containing easy-to-read maps and charts, state-by-state comparisons and rankings, and overviews of CDC-supported injury prevention research and programs in
each state.
State Core Programs
Addressing gaps in state injury prevention programs, CDC funds 24 states to develop injury surveillance and prevention programs. States with limited resources can now build and maintain programs to address state-identified injury priorities.
SafeYouth.org
CDC helps to create the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) — a single, user-friendly source of youth violence information and effective strategies to control and prevent violence for parents, teenagers, health care providers, law enforcement officials and other professionals. The center includes a bilingual (Spanish/English) toll-free telephone information line [1-886-SAFEYOUTH
(1-886-968-8484], and an Internet site (www.safeyouth.org).
WISQARS
 CDC launches WISQARS, Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, an interactive database that provides researchers, policy makers, media, and the public with customized reports about injury mortality data. Using the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's nonfatal injuries database known as National Electronic Injury Surveillance Systems (NEISS), non-fatal injury data is added to WISQARS in 2001.
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