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Communities nationwide are beginning to enjoy warmer weather! Share these important Spring Break Safety Tips with family, friends and colleagues including Drowning Prevention, Transportation, and Safety at Home injury prevention topics.
Together, we can raise awareness of Spring Break Safety, Drowning Prevention, Window Falls, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention, Distracted Driving Awareness, Minority Health, and other important injury and violence prevention (IVP) topics.
Summer is coming, which means it’s time for swim lessons and renewing scholarships! As part of Seattle Parks and Recreation’s (SPR) commitment to equitable and accessible programming, Swim Seattle is offering all scholarship-eligible youth free beginner…
Read MoreImproving Health Outcomes through our Cultures, Communities & Connections Each April, the HIPRC raises public awareness on National Minority Health Month (NMHM). This year’s NMHM theme is about understanding how the unique environments, cultures, histories,…
Read MoreCall the Telebup Hotline at (206) 289-0287 anytime! The UW Department of Emergency Medicine (UW DEM) recently launched a Tele-buprenorphine Hotline in partnership with Public Health—Seattle & King County to provide low-barrier medication for…
Read MoreThe public is invited to collaborate with the Washington State Department of Health (WSDOH) on updating the Washington State Suicide Prevention Plan. Two regional workshops will be hosted to bring people together: Workshops Western Washington…
Read MoreThe Rural Health Information Hub recently released their Rural Community Health Toolkit. A toolkit is meant to help organizations and public health sectors learn how to identify community needs, find evidence-based models, plan and implement…
Read MoreTwo trainees from the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC), Shoshana Benjamin, MPH, and Matthew Frank, MSW, MPH have been selected for the 2024 Summer Internship at the National Center for Injury Prevention and…
Read MoreWe conduct research, train scientists, educate public health practitioners, and implement prevention programs to achieve injury-related health equity across the lifespan.
We are dedicated to leading and supporting the best in injury research and to embracing the principles of health equity.
We are creating a pipeline of skilled, insightful, and productive investigators who will advance the field of injury control science in response to community needs.
We work with diverse communities to identify injury prevention concerns and collaborate with community and policy partners to prevent injuries.
