Injury Prevention Program

Note: As of July 1, 2012, the Office of Injury Prevention became the Injury Prevention Program. Documents and activities finalized prior to this date will retain "Office of Injury Prevention".

2009–2013 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan

Injury is a major public health issue in Florida and the United States. Injuries are predictable, preventable, and affect everyone regardless of age, race, ethnicity, sex, or economic status. Injuries are the leading cause of death among Floridians ages 1–44 and the third leading cause of death overall, after heart disease and cancer.

The 2009–2013 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan serves as a successor to Florida’s 2004–2008 Injury Prevention Strategic Plan, which is considered nationally as a model state plan. Florida is the first state injury prevention program to complete the implementation of an existing five–year strategic plan while drafting a successor plan. Planning for the 2009–2013 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan began in October 2007, and continued throughout 2008. During this time, the Office of Injury Prevention (now the Injury Prevention Program), Florida Injury Prevention Advisory Council and Goal Team Members developed by consensus this plan’s Vision and Mission Statements, plus five data–driven goals and their associated strategies.

The public health injury surveillance and prevention program grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides core capacity funding for state plan development and implementation through July 31, 2011. For the 2009–2013 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan to be fully implemented, additional resources and funding must be made available for injury prevention infrastructure and initiatives, at both the state and local level. The Office of Injury Prevention applied for and was awarded the five-year CDC Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program Grant. The grant started August 1, 2011. It is also critical for key state agencies and injury prevention stakeholders to continue collaborating on injury prevention efforts.

The injury prevention strategic plan and corresponding yearly action plans are not intended to supplant the many outstanding state and local injury prevention efforts currently underway, but rather to complement, enhance, strengthen, and fill gaps in those initiatives.

*Note: As of July 1, 2012, the Office of Injury Prevention became the Injury Prevention Program. Documents and activities finalized prior to this date will retain "Office of Injury Prevention".

2009–2013 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan

2009 Documents

• 2009 Annual Status Report
• 2009 Action Plan

2010 Documents

• 2010 Annual Status Report
• 2010 Action Plan

2011 Documents

• 2011 Action Plan

2012 Documents

• Draft 2012 Action Plan

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this program by phone or in writing.

For more information contact the Injury Prevention Program or call (850)245-4440.

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2004–2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan

In 2003, the Office of Injury Prevention (now the Injury Prevention Program) provided the leadership to create a strategic injury prevention plan to serve as a road map for future efforts to reduce Florida’s injury burden. The Office of Injury Prevention began a strategic planning process that involved over 220 injury prevention advocates as part of drafting the 2004–2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan and a first–year action plan.

The key to the implementation success of the 2004–2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan was the development and use of an annual action plan. These action plans, based on the strategic plan, were developed by the Office of Injury Prevention and the Florida Injury Prevention Advisory Council, Strategic Plan Goal Team Leaders and Teams.

The 2004–2008 Injury Prevention Strategic Plan and corresponding yearly action plans were not intended to replace the many outstanding community–based injury prevention efforts currently underway, but rather to complement, enhance, strengthen, and fill gaps in those initiatives.

2004–2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan

Although the 2004–2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan had corresponding yearly action plans, the 2004 action plan was published and is provided as a formatting example and to capture the initial plan for historical purposes.

2004 Action Plan

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this program by phone or in writing.

For more information contact the Injury Prevention Program or call (850)245-4440.

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Annual Injury Data Reports

Annual Florida Injury Data Reports have been replaced by the yearly Injury Fact Sheets found on the Data Page. The Fact Sheets cover over 10 different injury mechanism areas.

• Annual Florida Injury Data Report: 2005 Surveillance Data
• Annual Florida Injury Data Report: 2004 Surveillance Data

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this program by phone or in writing.

For more information contact the Injury Prevention Program or call (850)245-4440.

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Drowning Prevention and Water Safety

Additional drowning prevention and water safety information can be found on the Drowning Prevention page, the Drowning Prevention Best Practices page, and on the WaterproofFL.com website.

• Correlation of Pool Drowning Deaths With Number of Residential Swimming Pools by County in Florida, 2005–2007 — Published in the International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2010, 4, 19–32.
• Florida Toddler Pool Drowning Deaths — Summary of Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Case Series Study — Completed October 2006.
• Injury Prevention: Toddler Pool Drowning Deaths in Florida (CPSC)
• Panhandle Beach Safety Study, July 2004 — During the summer of 2003, the DOH became concerned when nine people drowned over a two-day period and a total of 12 drowned during a two-month period in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida’s Panhandle. The department believed there was a need to determine what factors may have been involved in these tragic events. This study examined the drownings that took place during June through July 2003 in five Panhandle counties — Bay, Walton, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Escambia.
• Safety Barrier Guidelines for Home Pools — US Consumer Products Safety Commission — This document is to be given to new pool owners by contractors as specified in Chapter 515, Florida Statutes and Chapter 64E-21, Florida Administrative Code.
• Survey of Residential Swimming Pools Assessed by Florida County Property Appraisers, Summer 2006.

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this program by phone or in writing.

For more information contact the Injury Prevention Program or call (850)245-4440.

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Other Injuries

• Economic Costs of Underage Drinking in Florida — The present study developed Florida–specific estimates of the costs associated with underage drinking across numerous domains. The estimates can be used for a variety of purposes, but they are particularly geared toward state and local government. The methods, data, research and policy implications of the costs analysis are described below. Suicide information is available on pages 3, 11–12, 14 and charts. The study can also be found on the Florida Office of Suicide Prevention’s website, HelpPromoteHope.com.
• Suwannee County Hanging Death Investigation and Response — DOH Final Report, December 2005. In January of 2005 the Florida Department of Health was informed that five boys had allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves in the previous two months in Suwannee, Lafayette, and Columbia counties. A multidisciplinary meeting was convened to discuss the situation and any actions to be taken by state-level program staff in response to the situation. In response to the investigation, a half-day training on “Depression and Suicide Prevention Issues and Community Resources” was held. State agency program staff and other professionals presented topics relating to depression and suicide prevention. An overview of this investigation was presented to the Governor’s Suicide Prevention Task Force on March 30, 2005.

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this program by phone or in writing.

For more information contact the Injury Prevention Program or call (850)245-4440.

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