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Nearly 5.3 million incidents of intimate partner violence occur each year among U.S. women ages 18 and older, and 3.2 million incidents occur among men. All forms of intimate partner violence can be prevented.
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Preventable injury and violence are leading causes of death and disability. On one end of the spectrum, homicide is the second leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 10 and 24 years old. At the other end, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths and emergency room visits for seniors. CDC works to prevent unintential injuries - from car crashes to senior falls - as well as injuries and death resulting from violence. The CDC Foundation helps connect CDC to partners in the private sector that share CDC's goals of reducing injury- and violence-related death and disability through prevention. Examples of these partners and programs are listed below.
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Featured Program:
Preventing Senior Falls
Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths and emergency room visits. Research has identified a number of effective strategies that can reduce falls, and a CDC Foundation partnership is helping get the messages out to seniors and their families. Read more |
Injury and Violence Programs
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Field Triage Criteria for Vehicle Telemetry Data
To support four meetings of subject matter experts that will result in the development of a medical protocol for using vehicle telemetry to help improve emergency transport and treatment of crash victims.
- Funding Partners: GM Foundation in cooperation wtih OnStar
- Program Partners: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
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Innovative Uses of Technology in Existing Child Abuse Prevention Programs
To test whether technology, such as cell phones, Web-based learning and virtual reality software can be used to improve child abuse prevention programs.
- Funding Partners: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Program Partners: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
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Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
To help CDC's Division of Violence Prevention award grants to state domestic violence coalitions to help them incorporate primary prevention strategies into their overall domestic violence programming.
- Funding Partners: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Program Partners: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
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