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Local Injury Prevention Grant Program
Through the Center for Disease Control's Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG), the Ohio Injury Prevention Program provides more than $500,000 annually to 15 local programs targeting injury. The goal of this grant program is to reduce injury and injury-related deaths to Ohioans through the development of comprehensive, multi-faceted, population-based programs at the local level that address the risks associated with injuries.
Projects are currently funded in 11 local health departments, two local hospitals, one county mental health agency and one home health agency. The projects are focused on developing either an intentional or unintentional injury prevention program for a priority chosen by the local agency.
Priorities chosen include: fall prevention for older adults; fire prevention; prevention of traumatic brain injury through programs in playground safety; shaken baby syndrome; all terrain vehicle safety and bicycle safety; suicide prevention; violence prevention; and prevention of agricultural injuries in children. Three of the projects are focused on intentional injury and 12 projects are focused on unintentional injury.
2006-2009 Injury Prevention Grantees
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Name of Agency |
County |
Target Population |
Focus Area |
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Akron City HD |
Summit |
Age 65 and older |
Falls and Fire Hazards |
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Clermont County HD |
Clermont |
Age 65 and older; secondary pop. 50-64 |
Fall Prevention |
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Cuyahoga County HD |
Cuyahoga |
Students in grades 7-9 |
Shaken Baby Syndrome |
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Grady Memorial Hospital |
Delaware |
Agricultural youth age 7-20 |
Youth in Agricultural Settings |
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Greene County HD |
Greene |
Children age 0-14 |
Playground Safety |
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Hamilton County HD |
Hamilton |
Age 65 and older |
Fall Prevention |
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Henry County HD |
Henry |
Children 4-5 and 9-15; and over 65 |
Safe Community Coalition, Child Safety and Farm Safety |
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LifeCare Alliance |
Franklin |
Age 65 and older |
Fall Prevention |
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Mental Health Assoc. of Licking County |
Licking |
Youth, middle-aged men and seniors |
Suicide Prevention |
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Portsmouth City HD |
Scioto and Lawrence |
Children birth-8, males age 5-14 |
Prevention of Head Injuries and Falls |
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Sandusky County HD |
Sandusky |
Children under 14 |
TBI-Bike Helmets, Playground Safety |
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Seneca County HD |
Seneca |
Low-income families with children age 0-3; kindergarten-age children |
TBI, Car Seats and Bike Helmets |
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Stark County HD |
Stark |
Parents of children under 14; at-risk adolescent males |
Fall Prevention and TBI (Shaken Baby Syndrome) |
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Toledo Hospital |
Lucas |
Children age 0-14 |
Risk Watch, Pedestrian and Bike Injuries |
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Union County HD |
Union |
Adults who interact with middle school- age and younger children |
Violence Prevention |
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