What is the IICRC?
The Intermountain Injury Control
Research Center (IICRC) is a research facility at the University of Utah
School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated to reducing the incidence and severity of
injury in public health. This is done primarily through data analysis and
research as well as public information and community injury prevention
programs.
How did the IICRC get started?
The IICRC was created in 1992 with the awarding of
the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Cooperative Agreement
from the National Highway Traffic Safety Bureau. Since then, funding has
been received from several other federal agencies including the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research (now known as AHRQ), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as well as state and private sources for
injury prevention-related projects and research.
What kind of expertise does the IICRC have?
The IICRC supports more than 50 faculty and staff
members who have expertise in statistics, probabilistic linkage,
evaluation, injury control, trauma systems, EMS data, community action,
public information, policy, information technology, epidemiology, research, and education. Such expertise allows for a
comprehensive analysis of the complex injury problems, high-risk
populations, strategies for preventative intervention, and methods for
improving the outcome of injury.
What
kinds of projects is the IICRC involved with?
Some of the current projects at the
IICRC include a violent injury surveillance system, a data analysis
resource center, a data coordinating center for pediatric research,
evaluation of a shaken baby prevention program, development of an
integrated statewide motor vehicle traffic data systems, linkage of
traffic crash records to hospital and other medical records, and more.
Research is a major focus of the IICRC, and the staff are published
frequently in the public health and medical literature.
How
do I get more information about the IICRC?
Feel free to contact us anytime at the following:
IICRC main phone number: (801)
581-6410
Fax number: (801) 581-8686
Address: 295 Chipeta Way, PO Box 581289, SLC, UT 84158-0289
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