The Injury Prevention and Control Program is based at Winthrop University Hospital (WUH). The Program serves:
- As a resource in injury prevention for health and education professionals, community leaders, and the public
- To educate health and education professionals, including those in training programs in Preventive Medicine and related fields, in modem concepts of injury prevention and control
- To develop and implement injury prevention projects
- To conduct community injury prevention research studies that will lead to safety promotion programs
- To work cooperatively with other community injury prevention groups