New Health Official Orientation May 13, 2015 National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Debra Houry, MD, MPH Director National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Injury is the leading cause of death among persons 1-44 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). Available from URL:

In one year alone, injury cost more than $406 billion in medical and work loss costs Finkelstein EA, Corso PS, Miller TR, Associates. Incidence and Economic Burden of Injuries in the United States. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; Struck by/Against 12% Fire/Burn 2% Other 24% Motor vehicle/ Other road user 22% Falls 20% Cut/Pierce 4% Poisoning 6% Drowning/Submersion 1% Firearm/Gunshot 9% Cost of injury by mechanism (cause), United States, 2005

Priority Topic Areas  Motor Vehicle Injuries  Prescription Drug Overdose  Youth Sports Concussion  Child Abuse and Neglect  Sexual Violence  Older Adult Falls

Prescription Drug Overdose  Prevention Boost  Funding to advance the most promising PDO prevention strategies  PDO Prevention for States program  FY 2015 Funding Announcement  FY 2016 President’s Budget would expand to 50 states and D.C.

Older Adult Falls  STEADI toolkit  Helps providers: o Identify patients at low, moderate, and high risk for a fall o Identify modifiable risk factors o Offer effective interventions  State Health Department Support for STEADI

Youth Sports Concussion  HEADS UP  FY 2015 will expand outreach and evaluation efforts  Return to Play  Implementing Return to Play: Learning from the Experiences of Early Implementers  Youth soccer evaluation  Sports Concussion Surveillance  FY 2016 President’s Budget request

Child Abuse & Neglect  Essentials for Childhood  Initiative funds 5 states  Provides training and resources to 30 additional states  Essentials for Parenting  Free online resource for parents of young children

Sexual Violence  Rape Prevention and Education (RPE)  Cooperative agreement with all 50 states, D.C., and 4 territories o FY 2016 will be third cycle of funding  FY 2016 President’s Budget will fund academic research o State health department evaluation of sexual violence prevention programs is crucial  Efforts to prevent sexual violence on college and university campuses

Resources for States  Data  NISVS  WISQARS  BRFSS ACE Module  State Programs  CORE Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP)  DELTA FOCUS  National Violent Death Reporting System

Discussion/Q & A Thank you! Debra Houry, MD, MPH Phone: