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Injury & Disability Prevention
Lori Haskett, Director
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 296-8163
FAX: (785) 368-8645Unintentional injury and violence comprise one of seven statewide public health priorities in Kansas. To prevent injuries, the state must assess the context in which injuries occur, analyze trends and related factors, develop policy based on sound science, and educate the Kansas community about the serious nature of injuries as well as proven interventions for prevention. The Kansas Injury Prevention Steering Committee, representing a wide range of Kansas organizations and government agencies, has identified 14 injury issues for state injury prevention efforts. These injury issues include both specific injury areas and circumstances that predispose Kansans to injury. The state capacity planning document describes these 14 injury issues and identifies one to two long-term Kansas specific objectives for each.
Each injury issue highlighted in this plan requires a more detailed analysis of the impact of injury and strategies for intervention. The Office of Injury and Disability Prevention Programs (OIDP) at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide this analysis and to continue to build the state’s capacity for injury prevention through 2010.
