Latest CPS Issue Report

The 2013 CPS Issue Report recommends solutions to optimize the rear seat of passenger vehicles to better protect older children and adolescents.
Click here to access the report and other materials, including an infographic.

Check out our Research in Action Blog

For the latest news and views on child injury prevention topics, click here.

 

Working to Keep Kids Safe

The multidisciplinary CIRP team is helping to reduce pediatric injuries and fatailies. Learn more about each area of study:

Traffic Injury Prevention     Pediatric Biomechanics     Post-injury Care and Recovery     Violence Prevention     E-Health

CIRP is Training Future Scientists

CIRP's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offers students the opportunity to work side-by-side with CHOP researchers on injury prevention projects. Learn more here.

Download Free Educational Resources

CIRP maintains evidence-based fact sheets, images, charts, illustration and more across many areas of research. Access them here.

A New Model for Pediatric Concussion Care

Learn how CHOP is streamlining concussion care through its health network. Click here to access information and resources for families and healthcare professionals.

Web Resources for Families

CIRP translates its research and experience into web-based resources for families and those that support them. Use the website to help families properly restrain children in cars, teach their teens to become safe drivers, and to recover from injury - mind and body. Click here to learn more and to access these sites.

Welcome to the Center for Injury Research and Prevention

We are a multidisciplinary group of behavioral scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, engineers, public health practitioners, and communications professionals at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Research Institute dedicated to translating research into action to keep children, teens, and young adults safe from injury. Together, we work to translate rigorous scientific research into practical tools and guidelines for families, professionals, and policymakers to ensure research results extend to make a real-world impact.

We offer evidence-based information, resources, and tools from CHOP’s injury prevention experts across all of our pediatric injury research priorities: Teen Driver Safety, Child Passenger Safety, Pediatric Biomechanics, Post-injury Care and Recovery, Violence Prevention, and E-Health.