Public Safety and Injury Prevention

The Department supports injury prevention and intervention programs that are designed to reach those at greatest risk of falling, through multiple-component and evidence-based prevention programs. The Department partners with the Florida Department of Health’s Office of Injury Prevention.

Injury Prevention Related Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Fact Sheets and Resources – Falls for Older Adults
• Brain Injury Association of Florida– works with community based agencies and organizations to increase awareness of the risks and consequences of brain injury among Florida’s elders.
• Motor Vehicle and Pedestrian Crashes
  • Florida GrandDriver Program
• Falls
  • Preventing Falls Among Older Adults – Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Fall Prevention Center of Excellence
• Fire and Safety
  • U.S. Fire Administration
• Injuries and Violence
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Programs in Brief
  • Florida Department of Health Office of Injury Prevention