title: Practical applications of injury surveillance: a brief 25-year history of the Connecticut Injury Prevention Center.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The mission of the Connecticut Injury Prevention Center (CIPC), jointly housed in Connecticut Children's Medical Center and Hartford Hospital, is to reduce unintentional injury and violence among Connecticut residents, with a special focus on translating research into injury prevention programmes and policy. The CIPC engages in four core activities: research, education and training, community outreach programmes and public policy. As surveillance is an essential element of injury prevention, the CIPC has developed a robust statewide fatal and non-fatal injury surveillance system that has guided our prior work and continues to inform our current projects.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review the projects, programmes, and collaborative relationships that have made the CIPC successful in reducing unintentional injury and violence in Connecticut throughout the course of its 25 years history.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of the application of injury surveillance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that the application of our surveillance system can serve as a model for others who wish to engage in collaborative, community-based, data-driven injury prevention programmes in their own communities.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borrup
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DiVietro
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Brendan T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beebe
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Damion
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.affiliation: Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: D'Andrea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Banco
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003237:Connecticut; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*