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Mission:	To prevent injuries and violence and to reduce their consequences by promoting research, surveillance, and program activities aimed at understanding and addressing the root causes of injuries. NCIPC works to provide data, scientific evidence, and resources to prevent accidental injuries, violence, and self-harm.
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The U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]'s '''National Center for Injury Prevention and Control''''s mission is to provide leadership in preventing and controlling injuries, i.e., reducing the [[incidence (epidemiology)|incidence]], [[:wikt:severity|severity]], and [[adverse outcome]]s of injury, the leading cause of death for those aged 1 – 44. The Center has three branches: the Division of Acute Care, Rehabilitation Research, and Disability Prevention; the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention; and the Division of Violence Prevention.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sleet|first1=D.|last2=Bonzo|first2=S.|last3=Branche|first3=C.|title=An overview of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|journal=Injury Prevention|date=1 December 1998|volume=4|issue=4|pages=308–312|doi=10.1136/ip.4.4.308|pmc=1730415|pmid=9887426}}</ref> == History == A 1985 [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] report [[Entitlement program|entitled]] ''Injury in America'' <ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.nap.edu/catalog/609/injury-in-america-a-continuing-public-health-problem|title=Injury in America: A Continuing Public Health Problem|first=Institute of Medicine and National Research|last=Council|date=1 January 1985|publisher=|doi=10.17226/609 |pmid=25032429 |isbn=978-0-309-07459-9 |via=www.nap.edu}}</ref> recommended that [[United States Congress]] establish a new program at the CDC to address the problem of injury. Initially the program was supported with funds from the [[United States Department of Transportation]]. In 1990 Congress passed the Injury Control Act which authorized the program within the CDC, and in 1992, the CDC formally established the Center.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/overview/ | title=Violence Prevention at CDC | work=CDC.gov | accessdate=24 April 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ National Center for Injury Prevention and Control homepage] {{United States Department of Health and Human Services}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:National Center For Injury Prevention And Control}} [[Category:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] [[Category:Safety]] {{US-gov-stub}}

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