Roll Call Ad focuses on Injury Prevention

HSC joined the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of injury prevention as a critical element of health care reform. The following ad appeared in the special health care section of Roll Call. A copy of the ad, along with a cover letter, was delivered to every Member of Congress asking for their support.

HSC was joined by the following organizations:

• American Trauma Society
• Association of Schools of Public Health
• Center for Injury Research and Policy of Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center
• Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
• Medical College of Wisconsin Injury Research Center
• Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center
• National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions
• National Fire Protection Association
• National Safety Council
• Research!America
• Safe Kids USA
• Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
• Society for Public Health Education
• State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
• University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center
• University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center
• Washington University Brown Center for Violence and Injury Prevention
• West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center

For more information on this effort, please click here.