GETAC- Injury Prevention and Public Education Committee

Current Committee Member Roster (PDF) 

Past Meetings 

Committee resources

• Texas Hospital Based Injury Prevention Program Core Components and User Guide (PDF, Revised August 2018)
• Opioid: Where we are Injury Prevention (Word)
• Presentation template for individuals/agencies wanting to present at an IP & PE Committee meeting (PowerPoint)
• National Standards and Indicators for Level I & II Trauma Centers (PDF)
• Evidence-Based Strategies/Interventions Review for Distracted Driving (PDF)
• Injury Prevention Strategy for Meeting Goals Outlined in the GETAC Strategic Plan for the Texas Emergency Health Care System (PDF)
• Committee Accomplishments (PDF)
• Position Statement: Childhood Drowning Prevention and Water Safety (PDF)
• Position Statement: Workforce Development (PDF)
• Hospital–Based Injury Prevention Components (PDF)
• Hospital-Based Injury Prevention Components User Guide (PDF)
• What Works to Prevent Distracted Driving (PDF)
• Spectrum of prevention documents:
  • Prescription Drug Poisoning Prevention (PDF)
  • Prevention of Alcohol-Related Crashes (PDF)
  • Child Passenger Safety (PDF)
  • Child Maltreatment (PDF)
  • Concussions (PDF)
  • Drowning Prevention (PDF)
  • Intimate Partner Violence (PDF)
  • Residential Fire Prevention (PDF)
  • Older Adult Falls (PDF)
  • Pedestrian Safety (PDF)
  • Teen Driving (PDF)
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Glossary (PDF)
  • Distracted Driving Prevention (PDF)
• Evidence-Based Practice: The Easy Way- Paula Yuma, MPH, CHES, CPST-I  (PDF)
• Letter regarding red light camera as injury prevention tool (PDF)
• Texas State Child Fatality Review Team Committee Position Statement: Safe Sleep for Infants (PDF)
• CDC Evidence-Informed Falls Prevention Programs (PDF)
• A CDC Compendium of Effective Community-based Interventions from Around the World (PDF)
• Cochrane Review: Red-light cameras for the prevention of road traffic crashes (HTML)
• DSHS Funding Information Center (HTML)
  
• Injury Prevention Committee's Position Paper on Child Passenger Safety (PDF )
  

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