2004-2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic PlanInjury was the third leading cause of death to Floridians in 2004. Unintentional injuries were the leading cause of death for Florida residents ages one to 44 and were the third leading cause of death for infants less than one-year-old. The major categories of injury are intentional and unintentional. Intentional injuries result from interpersonal or self-inflicted violence, and include homicide, assaults, suicide and suicide attempts, child abuse and neglect (includes child sexual abuse), intimate partner violence, elder abuse, and sexual assault. Unintentional injuries include, but are not limited to, those that result from motor vehicle crashes, falls, fires, poisonings, drownings, suffocations, choking, animal bites, and recreational and sports-related activities. No single force working alone can accomplish everything needed to reduce the number of injuries in Florida. In 2003, the Office of Injury Prevention provided the leadership to develop a strategic injury prevention plan to serve as a road map for future collaborative efforts to reduce Florida's injury burden. The Office of Injury Prevention embarked on 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. For the 2004-2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan to be fully implemented, additional resources and funding must be made available for an injury prevention infrastructure and the initiatives at both the state and local level. It also is critical for other state agencies and injury prevention stakeholders to continue collaborating to implement this plan. The injury prevention strategic plan and corresponding action plan are not intended to supplant the many outstanding community-based injury prevention efforts currently underway, but rather to complement, enhance, strengthen, and fill gaps in those initiatives. Download a copy of the 2004-2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan
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