Center for Injury Research and Policy

Advocacy

ADVOCACY

At the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) we are committed to translating our research into action. From developing materials to educate legislators and providing testimony in support of evidence-based laws and policies, to participating on expert panels and forming alliances with key partners, faculty and staff at CIRP are active advocates for the safety of children and adolescents.

Visit the pages below to see a few examples of CIRP's advocacy successes.

            Columbus Youth Helmet Ordinance

            Health Care Reform Campaign

            Ohio ATV Safety

            Ohio Booster Seat Law

            Parents are the Key Campaign

making a difference

ILLNESS SURVEILLANCE COLLABORATION WITH CDC

Through the Healthy Camp Study, the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) monitors illness and injury among campers and staff at U.S. summer camps and identifies risk and protective factors associated with such adverse events. Due to national concern about the H1N1 virus, CIRP collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, providing them with weekly sentinel surveillance reports of illnesses consistent with influenza at camps across the country from May 31, 2009-August 29, 2009.