Injury Prevention for Children & Teens

Module 1: Welcome

Module 2: Introduction to Child & Adolescent Injuries
Introduction to injury definition, social determinants of health, risk and promotive factors, injury theory, and theories of behavioral change

Module 3: Intentional Injuries
Peer violence and bullying, dating and sexual violence, firearm safety, suicide prevention, child maltreatment

Module 4: Transportation Safety
Infant and child passenger safety, teen driving, vulnerable road users

Module 5: Sports Injury Prevention
Concussion definition and incidence; the acute and persistent effects of concussion

Module 6: Adolescent Substance Use and Injury
Alcohol and cannabis use and injury among adolescents; the opioid epidemic

Module 7: Early Childhood Unintentional Injury
Factors, techniques, and messaging for burn prevention in children

Module 8: Injury Prevention Advocacy
Effective advocacy techniques and tools for policy change