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Injury Prevention is Everyone’s Business – Focus on Fall Prevention

By Rachel Garcia|2024-05-30T11:26:13-07:00May 30th, 2024|Prevention|

Each year, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) observes National Trauma Awareness Month in May. This year’s theme, Injury Prevention is Everyone’s Business, emphasizes that injury prevention is a collaborative effort. Emergency medical services (EMS), first responders, healthcare providers, trauma centers, legal systems, educators, and the community all play a role in helping to [...]

17th Annual Child Fatality Review Annual Report

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:52:01-07:00December 9th, 2010|Prevention|

We published our 17th Annual Child Fatality Review Report this week. Our interdisciplinary team reviewed each and every childhood death that occurred in 2009 with the goal of figuring out how each child died, so that we as public health officials, medical practitioners, families, parents and policymakers can design and implement strategies for avoiding preventable deaths in the [...]