Articles

Mandating Multidisciplinary Review of Serious Child Maltreatment Cases
A paper by Howard Davidson (Director, ABA Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association) on serious injury review.

Rochester Flowchart of Physical and Fatal Child Abuse
Rochester flowchart for dealing with suspected physical abuse and suspected fatal abuse.

Links

California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA)
Multi-Agency Identification and Investigation of Severe and Fatal Child Injury
Guidelines for Networking, Communication and Collaboration

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/
Works to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs associated with injuries.

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
http://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/
The center is devoted to research, education and prevention programs aimed at diminishing the personal impact of trauma and broadening the effectiveness of injury prevention and trauma treatment programs regionally and nationwide.

SafetyLit: Injury Prevention Literature Update
http://www.safetylit.org/
The weekly SafetyLit update provides abstracts of English language reports from researchers in several disciplines relevant to preventing unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm.

WISQARS Nonfatal Injury Reports
http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/nfirates.html
A database that provides national estimates of nonfatal injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments.