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Technical Assistance and Collaboration
with Outside Agencies
UNC IPRC remains committed to collaboration with a variety of local, state, regional, and national groups to assist with broad-based program development by providing periodic and ongoing technical assistance on issues related to injury research or practice. We have maintained close ties with North Carolina’s state government, particularly through our work with the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the NC DHHS. We work to develop capacity in health and related professions by applying scientific findings in addressing injury problems through technical assistance and consultation, as well as responding to requests for assistance from local, state, and national groups.
Terrorism Surveillance Activity of the Public Health Preparedness and Response Program
UNC IPRC has been working with the NC Injury and Violence Prevention Branch to evaluate the feasibility of linkage of pre-hospital medical information system records from ambulance runs and other EMS encounters with statewide emergency department records collected as part of the North Carolina Hospital Emergency Surveillance System. The ultimate aim is to develop a population-based injury surveillance system. The objectives of this project were to: 1) establish a general use reference library of extant surveillance instruments in the U.S. that assess the functionality of health care delivery systems during and following mass trauma from terrorist and natural disaster events; 2) identify the components, infrastructure and resources available in North Carolina to create a linkable disease surveillance system that would include assessment of injuries from infectious and non-infectious agents; and 3) create materials for introducing the Haddon Matrix as a mechanism for developing strategies for injury prevention in general and as part of terrorism planning exercises. The project is a subcontract through the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Key Personnel:
Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD (PI); Carri Casteel, MPH, PhD; David Richardson, PhD; Anna Waller, ScD; Maryalice Nocera, RN, MSN; Kristen Sparks, EMT-P; Jefferson William
Other Organizations or Institutions Represented:
None
Funding:
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (through subcontract with the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, NC DHHS)
Contact:
Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD
carol_runyan@unc.edu
Southeastern Regional Injury Control Network (SERICN)
Since 1990, the IPRC has jointly sponsored the Southeastern Regional Injury Control Network (SERICN) with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Injury Control Research Center (UAB ICRC).
Along with two regional Injury Centers, the Network includes the lead state public health agency injury prevention program and selected traffic safety, child-centered, and emergency medical services programs in each of eight states that complete the southeast region. These include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This organization, with financial support from UNC IPRC and the state of Georgia, met in Decatur, GA in September 2007 to exchange funding and program development ideas among state representatives and to discuss upcoming issues with their partners, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Children’s Safety Network. The group also hosted topic specific conference calls with regional and national experts.
Key Personnel:
Karen Demby, PhD; J’Ingrid Mathis, MS; Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD
Other Organizations or Institutions Represented:
University of Alabama, Birmingham Injury Control Research Center
State injury programs (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee)
Children’s Safety Network
Gerogia Safe Kids
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
Funding:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Contact:
Karen B. Demby, PhD
demby@email.unc.edu
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