CSN Publications by Topic
CSN Publications by Topic
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Building the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network: How does it work and what is it achieving?
Injury Prevention published our peer-reviewed manuscript that captures learning and progress from cohort 1 of the CS CoIIN. Building the Child Safety... read more
CSN Overview
This overview summarizes the work of the Children's Safety Network.
CSN Technical Assistance: What CSN Can Do For You
This document outlines how CSN can assist state MCH and IVP programs.
Injury and Violence Prevention Systems Toolkit
The injury and violence prevention systems toolkit is a compilation of resources aimed at state and jurisdiction public health practitioners and... read more
Preventing Injuries, Saving Lives: Video about CSN
In the United States, 14,000 children and adolescents ages 0–19 die of injuries, 227,000 are hospitalized, and 8.7 million visit the emergency... read more
Toy Injuries in U.S. Children: Know the Facts
Between 2015 and 2018, U.S. children and adolescents ages 0-19 sustained over 1 million toy-related injuries that were treated in emergency... read more
Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head which disrupts normal brain function, is a major cause of death... read more
Bike Safety
Childhood Injury: Cost and Prevention Facts - Bicycle helmets save medical costs for children
This publication discusses the monetary importance of wearing a helmet, focusing on how much helmets decrease medical and insurance costs.
Promoting Bicycle Safety for Children: Strategies and Tools for Community Programs
This tool was created for State Maternal & Child Health (MCH) and injury prevention programs to disseminate to local health departments and... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
Bullying Prevention
Bullying Prevention: 2015 Resource Guide
In the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 20 percent of students reported being bullied on school property and 15 percent reported being... read more
Bullying Victimization among U.S. Youth
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines bullying as repetitive aggressive behavior that is repeated over time and involves an... read more
CSN Bullying Prevention Environmental Scan Summary Findings
In January 2011, CSN sent out a request to all 50 states and the District of Columbia Maternal and Child Health and Injury and Violence Prevention... read more
Focus on Injuries at School: CSN Resource Guide 2012
With back-to-school around the corner, CSN is providing this special issue of our newsletter on preventing injuries at school. This newsletter issue... read more
How Common Are Bullying and Fighting among High Schoolers?
In 2013, US high school students took the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey. This infographic outlines some of the findings related to bullying and... read more
Internet Safety: 2014 Resource Guide
According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), nearly 15 percent of high school students have experienced electronic bullying within the... read more
Preventing Bullying: The Role of Public Health and Safety Professionals
This article discusses the prevalence and consequences of bullying on both the victims and bullies themselves and focuses on the role that public... read more
Preventing Bullying: The Role of Public Health and Safety Professionals
This article discusses the prevalence and consequences of bullying on both the victims and bullies themselves and focuses on the role that public... read more
Summary of Findings: 2014 CSN Bullying Prevention Environmental Scan
Bullying is a major public health concern. According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a biennial survey of students in grades 9-12 that is... read more
Child Maltreatment
Child Maltreatment Prevention 2014 Resource Guide
CSN has produced this resource guide to provide a comprehensive, annotated list of resources for child maltreatment prevention with particular... read more
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Injury Disparities: Homicides
This infographic focuses on the homicide rates (per 100,000) of children, adolescents, and young adults ages 0 through 24 from 2014-2016. It breaks... read more
MCH Approach to Preventing Child Maltreatment
This report provides State MCH professionals with information about child maltreatment and how they can help prevent the abuse and neglect of... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Resource Guide 2013
CSN is pleased to provide this resource guide on the critical issue of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies have found that the four most common... read more
Child Passenger Safety
Childhood Injury: Cost and Prevention Facts - Child Safety Seats: How large are the benefits and who should pay?
This fact sheet summarizes a study of total cost savings of child safety seats. It also outlines incentives for involving insurers in the... read more
Child Passenger Safety: 2016 Resource Guide
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among children ages one through 14 (CDC, 2016). In 2013, an average of three children were killed... read more
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Disparities in Child Passenger Safety
This CSN infographic focuses on the disparities in child passenger deaths and offers prevention strategies. Download a print version of the... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2014)
Summarizes the incidence and cost savings of interventions to prevent injuries due to motor vehicles, impaired driving, open-flame/burns, and... read more
Precious Cargo: Child Passenger Safety
Though child passenger fatalities have decreased, motor vehicle-related injuries are still a leading cause of death for children. Proper use of child... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Resource Guide 2013
CSN is pleased to provide this resource guide on the critical issue of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies have found that the four most common... read more
Choking Strangulation
Pediatric Magnet Ingestion: Get the Facts, Prevent an Injury
Powerful, rare earth (neodymium) magnets can cause serious injury and death when ingested. The CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) has reported... read more
Drowning Prevention
Boating Safety
In 2013, 560 individuals lost their lives while boating, and 2,620 sustained non-fatal injuries. Forty-nine of those who died and 589 of those who... read more
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
The Facts On Childhood Drowning
Every year in the US, 3,572 people die from drowning. Nine hundred and forty-five of them are children. Children account for one out of four drowning... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Falls
Consumer Products Contributing to Fall Injuries in Children Aged <1 to 19 Years Treated in US Emergency Departments, 2010 to 2013: An Observational Study
The Children’s Safety Network and the CSN Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center recently had an article published in Global Pediatric Health. "... read more
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Falls in Children and Youth: Hospitalizations
Falls are the number one leading cause of hospitalized injury in the U.S. for children ages 0 through 14. This infographic has information on the... read more
Playground-Related Injuries Treated in the Emergency Department
218,851 playground-related injuries are treated in an emergency department each year. This infographic breaks down playground-related injuries by... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Resource Guide 2013
CSN is pleased to provide this resource guide on the critical issue of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies have found that the four most common... read more
FamilyIntimate Partner Violence
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Firearm-Related Injuries among Children Ages 0 Through 14
The following fact sheet provides information about firearm-related injuries and deaths among the 0 through 14 year old population in the United... read more
Injury Disparities: Homicides
This infographic focuses on the homicide rates (per 100,000) of children, adolescents, and young adults ages 0 through 24 from 2014-2016. It breaks... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Fire Burn Safety
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Fire and Burn Prevention: 2015 Resource Guide
In 2013, fires and burns were the fourth leading cause of injury-related deaths to children ages 1-18 in the U.S. (WISQARS). Most of these deaths ... read more
Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2014)
Summarizes the incidence and cost savings of interventions to prevent injuries due to motor vehicles, impaired driving, open-flame/burns, and... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Firearms
Child Access to Firearms in the United States
Children often find or handle firearms in the home without their parents' knowledge. In the United States, 2,600,000 children live in homes with... read more
Firearm Safety: Resource Guide 2013
The Children’s Safety Network (CSN) has compiled this resource guide on Firearm Safety and Firearm Violence Prevention to provide state Maternal and... read more
Firearm-Related Fatalities in US Children & Youth: Homicide, Suicide, and Unintentional
This infographic covers three types of firearm-related injuries and how they affect children and youth: homicide, suicide, and unintentional. This is... read more
Firearm-Related Injuries among Children Ages 0 Through 14
The following fact sheet provides information about firearm-related injuries and deaths among the 0 through 14 year old population in the United... read more
Firearm-Related Injuries among Youth Ages 15 Through 24
The following fact sheet provides information about firearm-related injuries and deaths among 15 through 24 year olds in the United States. It... read more
Magnitude of Firearm-Related Fatalities in Children & Youth
In 2010, 6,581 children and youth ages 0-24 died from firearm-related injuries in the US. The Magnitude of Firearm-Related Fatalities in Children and... read more
The Cost of Firearm Violence
Firearm injuries cost $174 billion in the United States in 2010 and the government's firearm injury bill alone exceeded $12 billion. PIRE researcher... read more
General Multiple Causes
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-based and Evidence-informed Strategies for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
Injuries and violence are leading causes of morbidity and mortality among U.S. children and adolescents. These injuries are preventable. Researchers... read more
Focus on Injuries at School: CSN Resource Guide 2012
With back-to-school around the corner, CSN is providing this special issue of our newsletter on preventing injuries at school. This newsletter issue... read more
Internet Safety: 2014 Resource Guide
According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), nearly 15 percent of high school students have experienced electronic bullying within the... read more
Leveraging Funding Sources and Partnerships in Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
Injuries are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among U.S. children and adolescents. State injury and violence prevention programs address... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
Heatstroke Cars
Child Passenger Safety: 2016 Resource Guide
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among children ages one through 14 (CDC, 2016). In 2013, an average of three children were killed... read more
Heatstroke in Cars
Heatstroke happens quickly and can be deadly. This infographic goes over the numbers on heatstroke in cars, the circumstances of deaths, clears up... read more
Home Safety
Child Access to Firearms in the United States
Children often find or handle firearms in the home without their parents' knowledge. In the United States, 2,600,000 children live in homes with... read more
Consumer Products Contributing to Fall Injuries in Children Aged <1 to 19 Years Treated in US Emergency Departments, 2010 to 2013: An Observational Study
The Children’s Safety Network and the CSN Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center recently had an article published in Global Pediatric Health. "... read more
Firearm-Related Fatalities in US Children & Youth: Homicide, Suicide, and Unintentional
This infographic covers three types of firearm-related injuries and how they affect children and youth: homicide, suicide, and unintentional. This is... read more
Internet Safety: 2014 Resource Guide
According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), nearly 15 percent of high school students have experienced electronic bullying within the... read more
Products and activities associated with non-fatal traumatic brain injuries in children and adolescents – United States 2010-2013
The Children’s Safety Network and the CSN Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center recently had an article published in Brain Injuries. "Products... read more
Injury Disparities
Disparities in Child Passenger Safety
This CSN infographic focuses on the disparities in child passenger deaths and offers prevention strategies. Download a print version of the... read more
Injury Disparities: Drug Poisoning Deaths
This infographic focuses on the rates (per 100,000) of drug poisoning deaths of adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 from 2014-2016. It breaks out... read more
Injury Disparities: Homicides
This infographic focuses on the homicide rates (per 100,000) of children, adolescents, and young adults ages 0 through 24 from 2014-2016. It breaks... read more
Injury Disparities: Suicides
This infographic focuses on the suicide rates (per 100,000) of adolescents and young adults ages 10 through 24 from 2014-2016. It breaks out these... read more
Moving Towards Health Equity: Understanding and Addressing Child and Adolescent Injury Disparities
The Children's Safety Now Alliance, representing injury prevention leaders and experts from national organizations, federal agencies, state health... read more
Understanding Disparities in Child and Adolescent Injury: A Review of the Research
Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of injury or of opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially... read more
Motor Vehicle
Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2014)
Summarizes the incidence and cost savings of interventions to prevent injuries due to motor vehicles, impaired driving, open-flame/burns, and... read more
National Performance Measure Maps: Motor Vehicle and Suicide
Contains the following maps: State Rate Comparison to National Rate of Unintentional Motor Vehicle Traffic Deaths Among Children Ages 0-14 Years per... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Other Unintentional Injuries
Preventing Adolescent Injury: The Role of Health Plans
This brief describes why health plans would want to invest in injury prevention and how they can help prevent adolescent injury, thereby reducing... read more
Pedestrian Safety
Halloween Safety
The deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians is Halloween. On average, over two times as many child pedestrians die on Halloween compared to... read more
Pedestrian Safety 2014 Resource Guide
CSN has produced this resource guide to provide a comprehensive, annotated list of resources for pedestrian safety. The resource guide is divided... read more
Walking Safe: Child Pedestrian Safety
Every year, an average of 67,124 child pedestrians are injured. 704 of those child pedestrians die. As it grows darker earlier, child pedestrians... read more
Playground Safety
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Playground-Related Injuries Treated in the Emergency Department
218,851 playground-related injuries are treated in an emergency department each year. This infographic breaks down playground-related injuries by... read more
Poison Prevention
Childhood Injury: Cost and Prevention Facts - Poison Control Centers save Money and Lives
This document analyzes the cost benefits of poison control centers.
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
E-Cigarette Poisoning
E-cigarettes contain a liquid nicotine solution that can be poisonous. These products come in bright colors and appealing flavors and scents, making... read more
Injury Disparities: Drug Poisoning Deaths
This infographic focuses on the rates (per 100,000) of drug poisoning deaths of adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 from 2014-2016. It breaks out... read more
Opioid Medication: A Risk for Children and Teens
Each year, opioid medication poisoning causes more than 300 deaths in children and teens. (1) This infographic covers poison control center calls... read more
Preventing Unintentional Medication Poisoning in Children: 2016 Resource Guide
In 2012, nearly 6,000 children aged 0 through 4 were hospitalized and another 55,000 were treated and released from U.S. emergency rooms for... read more
Resources for Preventing Poisonings Among Children and Youth From Electronic Cigarettes
While electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes,” “e-cigs,” “vapes,” “e-hookahs,” “vape pens,” and “electronic nicotine delivery systems”), are generally... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Trends in Drug Poisoning Deaths Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 2006–2015
Dr. Bina Ali of the Children’s Safety Network Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center is the lead author in a new study published in Journal of... read more
Prescription Drug Misuse Abuse
Medication Abuse Prevention: 2016 Resource Guide
The amount of prescription painkillers prescribed and sold in the U.S. increased nearly four times from 1999 to 2010 (CDC), yet there has not been an... read more
Opioid Medication: A Risk for Children and Teens
Each year, opioid medication poisoning causes more than 300 deaths in children and teens. (1) This infographic covers poison control center calls... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
Trends in Drug Poisoning Deaths Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 2006–2015
Dr. Bina Ali of the Children’s Safety Network Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center is the lead author in a new study published in Journal of... read more
Road Vehicles
All-Terrain Vehicles
CSN released this infographic on all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), which includes information on ATV-related fatalities, ATV risk factors, and ATV safety... read more
Rural Farm Safety
Resource Fact Sheet on Rural Injury Prevention: Teen
CSN compiled this resource fact sheet to provide Community of Practice state teams with more details on rural injuries in America. The resource sheet... read more
Resources on Rural Injury Prevention: Child and Youth Agricultural Injuries
The Children’s Safety Network (CSN) compiled this resource sheet to provide state public health professionals with information on preventing rural... read more
Safe Sleep
Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths in the United States
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) refers to the sudden and unexpected death of an infant younger than one year of age. This infographic goes over... read more
Self Harm
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Internet Safety: 2014 Resource Guide
According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), nearly 15 percent of high school students have experienced electronic bullying within the... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Youth Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention: 2017 Resource Guide
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for U.S. children and youth ages 10 through 24, claiming an average of 5,390 lives per year (Centers for... read more
Sports Safety
CSN's Sport-Related Concussions in Children and Adolescents - Fact Sheets 2013
New attention is being paid to the short- and long-term effects of even mild concussions as interest in and knowledge of the dangers of sport-related... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Resource Guide 2013
CSN is pleased to provide this resource guide on the critical issue of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies have found that the four most common... read more
Substance Abuse
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Injury Disparities: Drug Poisoning Deaths
This infographic focuses on the rates (per 100,000) of drug poisoning deaths of adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 from 2014-2016. It breaks out... read more
Internet Safety: 2014 Resource Guide
According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), nearly 15 percent of high school students have experienced electronic bullying within the... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Suicide Prevention
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Firearm-Related Fatalities in US Children & Youth: Homicide, Suicide, and Unintentional
This infographic covers three types of firearm-related injuries and how they affect children and youth: homicide, suicide, and unintentional. This is... read more
Firearm-Related Injuries among Children Ages 0 Through 14
The following fact sheet provides information about firearm-related injuries and deaths among the 0 through 14 year old population in the United... read more
Firearm-Related Injuries among Youth Ages 15 Through 24
The following fact sheet provides information about firearm-related injuries and deaths among 15 through 24 year olds in the United States. It... read more
Focus on Youth Suicide Prevention: Resource Guide 2012
In recognition of Suicide Prevention Week, September 9-15, 2012, and with the launch of the newly updated National Action Plan for Suicide Prevention... read more
Injury Disparities: Suicides
This infographic focuses on the suicide rates (per 100,000) of adolescents and young adults ages 10 through 24 from 2014-2016. It breaks out these... read more
Internet Safety: 2014 Resource Guide
According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), nearly 15 percent of high school students have experienced electronic bullying within the... read more
Magnitude of Firearm-Related Fatalities in Children & Youth
In 2010, 6,581 children and youth ages 0-24 died from firearm-related injuries in the US. The Magnitude of Firearm-Related Fatalities in Children and... read more
National Performance Measure Maps: Motor Vehicle and Suicide
Contains the following maps: State Rate Comparison to National Rate of Unintentional Motor Vehicle Traffic Deaths Among Children Ages 0-14 Years per... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Youth Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention: 2017 Resource Guide
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for U.S. children and youth ages 10 through 24, claiming an average of 5,390 lives per year (Centers for... read more
Youth Suicide Prevention: Analysis and Summaries of FY09 State MCH Plans for National Performance Measure #16
CSN's National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center prepared this analysis and summary of state MCH plans on youth suicide prevention to... read more
Teen Dating Violence
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Injury Disparities: Homicides
This infographic focuses on the homicide rates (per 100,000) of children, adolescents, and young adults ages 0 through 24 from 2014-2016. It breaks... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
Teen Dating Abuse: 2018 Resource Guide
Teen dating abuse is physical, sexual, or emotional abuse (including stalking) that occurs between teens and pre-teens in a relationship. It can take... read more
Teen Dating Violence as a Public Health Issue
This fact sheet provides information and data on teen dating violence, describes evidence-informed interventions to reduce teen dating violence... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Teen Driving Safety
Resource Fact Sheet on Rural Injury Prevention: Teen
CSN compiled this resource fact sheet to provide Community of Practice state teams with more details on rural injuries in America. The resource sheet... read more
Childhood Injury: Cost and Prevention Facts - Current Speed Limits Cost Prevention
This fact sheet shows the benefits of current speed limits, including money, time, and lives saved.
Childhood Injury: Cost and Prevention Facts - Sobriety Checkpoints Injury Cost Prevention
This fact sheet shows the importance of sobriety checkpoints in preventing injuries and death while simultaneously saving money.
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Increasing Seat Belt Use among Teens: A Summary of Research, Resources, and Programs
This set of resources was originally prepared for a training titled “Initiative to Enhance Seat Belt Use by Adolescents in New Hampshire Communities... read more
Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2014)
Summarizes the incidence and cost savings of interventions to prevent injuries due to motor vehicles, impaired driving, open-flame/burns, and... read more
Promoting Teen Driving Safety: Strategies and Tools for Community Programs
This brochure is the second in a series that is being created in response to requests from State health departments for information on best practices... read more
Teen Driving Safety: 2017 Resource Guide
Teenagers contribute to, and suffer from, the consequences of motor vehicle collisions at a disproportionate rate. Motor vehicle crashes are the... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
Traffic Injuries
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Consumer Products Contributing to Fall Injuries in Children Aged <1 to 19 Years Treated in US Emergency Departments, 2010 to 2013: An Observational Study
The Children’s Safety Network and the CSN Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center recently had an article published in Global Pediatric Health. "... read more
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
CSN's Sport-Related Concussions in Children and Adolescents - Fact Sheets 2013
New attention is being paid to the short- and long-term effects of even mild concussions as interest in and knowledge of the dangers of sport-related... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Innovative Practices in Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention
Each year, more than one million youth ages 0 through 19 sustain a non-fatal traumatic brain injury (TBI) (NEISS; NEISS –AIP 2007-2009). With the... read more
Products and activities associated with non-fatal traumatic brain injuries in children and adolescents – United States 2010-2013
The Children’s Safety Network and the CSN Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center recently had an article published in Brain Injuries. "Products... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Resource Guide 2013
CSN is pleased to provide this resource guide on the critical issue of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies have found that the four most common... read more
Traumatic Brain Injury among Children and Adolescents Treated in Emergency Departments, United States 2007-2010
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), defined here as a concussion, skull fracture, or internal brain injury, can have life-long cognitive, physical, and... read more
Underage Drinking Illicit Drug Abuse
Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2014)
Summarizes the incidence and cost savings of interventions to prevent injuries due to motor vehicles, impaired driving, open-flame/burns, and... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
Trends in Drug Poisoning Deaths Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 2006–2015
Dr. Bina Ali of the Children’s Safety Network Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center is the lead author in a new study published in Journal of... read more
Violence
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2014)
Summarizes the incidence and cost savings of interventions to prevent injuries due to motor vehicles, impaired driving, open-flame/burns, and... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
Youth Violence Prevention
Costs of Leading Childhood Injuries Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the costs of childhood injuries, including medical costs, work loss costs, and quality of life loss costs. Work loss costs... read more
Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics
This publication lists evidence-based strategies and readings on child passenger safety, falls prevention, interpersonal violence prevention, suicide... read more
Firearm-Related Fatalities in US Children & Youth: Homicide, Suicide, and Unintentional
This infographic covers three types of firearm-related injuries and how they affect children and youth: homicide, suicide, and unintentional. This is... read more
Firearm-Related Injuries among Children Ages 0 Through 14
The following fact sheet provides information about firearm-related injuries and deaths among the 0 through 14 year old population in the United... read more
Firearm-Related Injuries among Youth Ages 15 Through 24
The following fact sheet provides information about firearm-related injuries and deaths among 15 through 24 year olds in the United States. It... read more
Focus on Injuries at School: CSN Resource Guide 2012
With back-to-school around the corner, CSN is providing this special issue of our newsletter on preventing injuries at school. This newsletter issue... read more
How Common Are Bullying and Fighting among High Schoolers?
In 2013, US high school students took the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey. This infographic outlines some of the findings related to bullying and... read more
Injury Disparities: Homicides
This infographic focuses on the homicide rates (per 100,000) of children, adolescents, and young adults ages 0 through 24 from 2014-2016. It breaks... read more
Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2014)
Summarizes the incidence and cost savings of interventions to prevent injuries due to motor vehicles, impaired driving, open-flame/burns, and... read more
Magnitude of Firearm-Related Fatalities in Children & Youth
In 2010, 6,581 children and youth ages 0-24 died from firearm-related injuries in the US. The Magnitude of Firearm-Related Fatalities in Children and... read more
Stories of Innovation: Collecting Real-Time Outcomes Data for Injury Prevention
Participants in the Child Safety Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CS CoIIN) are identifying and developing innovative ways to... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Deaths
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related deaths of children age 19 and younger was $153.2 million. This infographic breaks out the medical... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Emergency Department Visits
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits of children age 19 and younger was $18.3 billion. This... read more
The Medical Costs of Childhood Injuries: Hospitalizations
In 2015, the total medical costs of injury-related hospitalizations of children age 19 and younger was $6.6 billion. This infographic breaks out the... read more
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