Injury Prevention and Safety Resources
From the Chico High School Library- National SAFE KIDS Campaign: Fact Sheets
- Information and advice on a wide range of safety risks, problems, and issues.
- Unintentional Injury Prevention: Facts and Fact Sheets
- The leading causes of death from unintentional injuries are motor vehicle crashes, fires, burns, falls, drownings, and poisonings. The Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention monitors trends in unintentional injuries in the United States, conducts reseach to better understand risk factors, and evaluates interventions to prevent these injuries.
- Safety, Health and Environmental Library: Fact Sheets
- Helpful information given on thse areas: children, driving, environment, health, and community.
- Injury Specific Resources
- Collection of links to informational resources on a variety of types of health and safety issues: fire/burns, transportation, poisoning, drowning, violence, occupational, product safety, and others. Just scroll down to the section you are interested in and explore the links that sound helpful or interesting.
- Key Facts about U.S. Children
- In 1997, there were approximately 70 million children in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Some facts are given here with respect to their health and safety.
- No Safe Place: Report on Children and Violence
- "As anyone who listens to the radio, watches television, or reads the newspaper knows, America is becoming a more violent nation every year. Of particular concern is the alarming increase in violence among children and youth, both in our communities and in our homes. The rates of youth-initiated violent crimes are rising dramatically, as are the numbers of young victims. And as violence in our communities escalates, so too does violence within our homes."
- Domestic Violence
- The Domestic Violence Section of the Metro Nashville Police Department thinks that you should know some of the warning signs of Domestic Abuse.
- Domestic Violence News Series
- Excellent series of newspaper articles on the topic of domestic violence, covering eleven days. Includes related articles and information.
- Child Abuse-- The Hidden Bruises
- "The statistics on physical child abuse are alarming. Of the estimated hundreds of thousands of children battered each year by a parent or close relative, thousands die. For those who survive, the emotional trauma remains long after the external bruises have healed. Communities and the courts recognize that these emotional "hidden bruises" can be treated."
- "Friends" Raping Friends--Could It Happen to You?
- "When you hear the word "rape," what do you think of? If you imagine a stranger jumping out of the bushes on a dark night and attacking someone, you are only partly right--because most rapes are not committed by strangers but by men who know their victims, who often have gone out with them previously and are supposedly their friends. This phenomenon is called "acquaintance" or "date" rape."
- Nicole Simpson 911 Calls
- A famous example of spousal abuse is documented here in the transcripts of two telephone calls to the police 911 number, line by line.
- Return to the C.H.S. Library Health Bookmarks Page
Updated by the C.H.S. Library Webster: 2-9-98
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