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General Injury Prevention
Community-based medication disposal pilot initiative in southwest tribal communities (2021) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov [PDF] Implementation and initial evaluation of falls risk reduction resources in a rural Native American Community (2021) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov [PDF] Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Native American Communities: The Role of Environmental Health Specialists Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov [PDF] National Conference on AI/AN Injury and Violence Prevention – presentations (2019) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov Incidence, deaths, and lifetime costs of injury among American Indians and Alaska Natives (2019) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov Indian Health Focus: Injuries 2015 Edition [PDF - 5 MB] Decreases in Suicide Deaths and Attempts Linked to the White Mountain Apache Suicide Surveillance and Prevention System, 2001-2012 [PDF - 836 KB] 15 Years of Injury Prevention at the Pueblo of Jemez (2015) [PDF - 583 KB] Why are Suicide Rates of Older AIAN Males so Much Lower than U.S. White Males? (2015) [PDF - 608 KB] Uncovering a Missing Demographic in Trauma Registries: Epidemiology of Trauma Among AIANs in Washington State (2015) [PDF - 622 KB] AIAN Infant and Pediatric Mortality, United States, 1999-2009 (2014) [PDF - 598 KB] Alaska Native Injury Atlas (2014) [PDF - 2.80 MB] Community-Based Surveillance and Case Management for Suicide Prevention: An American Indian Tribally Initiated System (2014) [PDF - 534 KB] Suicide Among Young Alaska Native Men: Community Risk Factors and Alcohol Control (2014) [PDF - 612 KB] Suicide Mortality Among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2009 (2014) [PDF - 567 KB] Emergency Department Utilization Among American Indian Adolescents Who Made a Suicide Attempt: A Screening Opportunity (2014) [PDF - 304 KB] Improving AIAN Injury Statistics: Using Record Linkage to Correct Racial Misclassification in a State Trauma Registry (2014) [PDF - 497 KB] Building a Regional Tribal Injury Prevention Program: Challenges and Opportunities (2014) [PDF - 99.5 KB] Suicide Prevention - The Role of the IHS Environmental Health Officer (2010) [PDF -- 192 KB] Toward Understanding Suicide Among Youths: Results From the White Mountain Apache Tribally Mandated Suicide Surveillance System, 2001-2006 (2008) [PDF -- 628 KB] The Prevention of Suicide in Alaska's Tribal Health Care Setting (2007) [PDF - 73.1 KB] Reducing Injuries: Eliminate Disparities in Child Mortality Rates Among AIAN Youth (2007) [PDF -171 KB] The Role of Technical Assistance in the IHS TIPCAP - Enhancing IP Capacity Among Tribes and Tribal Organizations (2007) [PDF -909 KB] Fall Prevention for Primary Care Providers: A Model Program from British Columbia (2013) [PDF - 170 KB] Falls (2013) [PDF - 148 KB] Diabetes and Fall Injury Prevention: A Call to Action (July 2013) [PDF - 161 KB] Decrease in the Unintentional Injury Mortality Disparity Between AIANs and Non-AIANs in New Mexico, 1980-2009 (2013) [PDF - 710 KB] Tools for Community Engagement in Injury Prevention (2012) [PDF - 127 KB] Creating a Multi-State Injury Surveillance System for Two AI Populations (2012) [PDF - 343 KB] Developing a Global Positioning System to Improve Emergency Response on the Tohono O'odham Nation (2012) [PDF - 259 KB] Focus Groups for Injury Prevention: A Primer (2011) [PDF - 156 KB] Potentially Inappropriate Medications and Falls Risk in Older AIANs Adults: A Pilot Study (2011) [PDF - 184 KB] Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in an American Indian Reservation Community: Results From the White Mountain Apache Surveillance System, 2007-2008 (2011) [PDF - 572 KB] Tai Chi for Elder Falls Prevention (2010) [PDF - 99.8 KB] Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Fatal Unintentional Drowning Among Persons Aged <29 Years - United States, 1999-2010 (2014) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention (2012) [PDF] Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov School-Associated Student Homicides (2008) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov The IHS Injury Prevention Fellowship Program: A Long-Term EvaluationIndian Health Service Primary Care Provider: February 2007 [PDF - 7.4 MB]
Fatal Injuries Among Children by Race and Ethnicity - United States, 1999-2002 (2007) [PDF] Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov Public Health Practice and the IHS Injury Prevention Program: Guiding PrinciplesIndian Health Service Primary Care Provider: September 2007 [PDF - 588 KB]
Is Online Training a Viable Option for IHS Injury Prevention Personnel?Indian Health Service Primary Care Provider: June 2005 [PDF - 486 KB]
Reducing injuries among Native Americans: Five Cost-outcome Analyses (2003) [PDF - 98 KB] The Financial Burden of Injury-Related Hospitalizations to an Alaska Native Health System (2002) [PDF] Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems (2001) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov Domestic Violence on the San Carlos Apache Reservation: Rates, Associated Psychological Symptoms, and Current Beliefs (1998) [PDF 64 KB]
