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Thousands of children are injured each year in Wisconsin. The burden of injuries among children cannot be ignored. Injuries are a preventable public health problem and should not be considered “accidents” which are thought to be random, non-preventable events.
Injuries are the leading cause of death in Wisconsin residents ages 1–44 years. For children ages 1–17 years, motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death. Children are not supposed to die. The death of a child is a tragic event, especially when the death could have been prevented. We must better understand how and why children die and take action to prevent future child deaths.
The Alliance manages the Childhood Injury Prevention Network, a venue for injury prevention resources, best practices, policy development and networking.
The Alliance is implementing a Child Death Review Program in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the State Department of Justice, and the Department of Children and Families. A key component involves developing local Child Death Review Teams in each county or region.
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For more information about
our injury prevention initiatives, please e-mail Libbe Slavin, Injury Prevention Network Coordinator.
For more information about our child death review initiatives, please contact Abby Collier, Child Death Review Project Manager, at (414) 292-4016.
DID YOU KNOW...
A tractor is involved in nearly 50 percent of farm accident deaths to children younger than age 15.
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