Mission: The Division of Injury & Violence Prevention is dedicated to reducing injuries to North Dakotans through leadership, education, resources and policy.
Programs within the division include:
Unintentional Injury Prevention Program: The overall goal of this program is to reduce unintentional injuries to North Dakotans, with special emphasis on children and women. The program uses a variety of best practice strategies to promote the health and safety to all North Dakotans.
Publication/Resource Topics:
- Bike Safety
- Child Fatality Review Panel
- Concussions
- Fireworks Safety
- National Poison Prevention Week, March 17 - 23, 2019
- Playground Safety
- Poison Prevention
- Consumer Product Safety
- Stepping On
Child Passenger Safety Program : The goal of the Child Passenger Safety Program is to decrease injuries and death to children due to motor vehicle crash events. The program uses a variety of best practice strategies, including data collection and analysis, design and development of initiatives, training and technical assistance, policy and advocacy, and evaluation.
Publication/Resource Topics:
Cribs for Kids
Domestic Violence/Rape Crisis Program
- The overall goal is to reduce domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking crimes in North Dakota.