Professional and Other Organizations

Professional and other organizations (alphabetical order)

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety promotes research and education designed to prevent traffic crashes.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Educational information on prevention of selected injuries.
American Association of Suicidology, an educational resource by the American Association of Suicidology.
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Home Page.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section (ICEHS).
American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE).
American Trauma Society (ATS) is a voluntary nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of trauma and the improvement of trauma care.
ANSI Online! American National Standards Association Web server.
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine is an international multidisciplinary professional organization for crash injury control.
EuroSafetyNet is a collaboration of twelve safety organizations from ten European countries. Here you will find information on injury surveillance systems, accident and hazard research, product safety, campaigns, safety conferences and evaluations of preventive measures.
Injury Prevention Web - A site providing injury data, publication lists, job openings, and a comprehensive list of injury-related websites.
International Federation of the Red Cross has good links to disaster resources.
International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
MADD National Office Home Page
National Safety Council home page. The mission of the National Safety Council is to "educate and influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies, practices and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes."
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) is the premier health information organization dedicated to improving health care through the collection, analysis, dissemination, and use of health care data.
National Association of Injury Control Research Centers (NAICRC) is an organization devoted to promoting scholarly activity in injury control, addressing issues relevant to the prevention, acute care and rehabilitation of traumatic injury through multiple activities in research; research dissemination; program development and evaluation; consultation; and education and training.
National Association of Medical Examiners. The National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) is the national professional organization of physician medical examiners, medical death investigators and death investigation system administrators who perform the official duties of the medicolegal investigation of deaths of public interest in the United States.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
Risk Assessment & Policy Association, promoting multidisciplinary research on the theory and practice of risk assessment and management.
Safe Kids National Campaign Home Page, a U.S. nationwide coalition campaign to prevent unintentional childhood injury.
STIPDA - State & Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association - STIPDA’s mission is to promote, sustain, and enhance the ability of state and territorial public health departments to reduce death and disability associated with injuries.

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Last updated: 11/28/01 - http://www.injurycontrol.com/icrin/professorgs.htm

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Author: Hank Weiss MS, MPH, PhD Visiting Research Professor
Co-WebMaster: Gerald McGwin Jr. MS, PhD
URL: http://injurycontrol.com/icrin
Initial posting:1/1/95, Acknowledgments