CHILD SAFETY RESEARCH AT CIRP
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) cultivates numerous areas of active, impactful research to mitigate the burden of child and youth injury and violence. CIRP's child safety research team is composed of innovative scientists and professionals from across disciplines that address real problems in need of solutions and, then, move our work along a research-to-action pipeline.
We foster collaboration across CIRP programs and with our network of external partners to identify innovative ways to strengthen the rigor of injury and violence research as well as to engage stakeholders, such as industry, government and community-facing organizations, who can use our research and resources to drive meaningful change. Our research is organized by the following areas of focus:
Child Occupant Protection
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death and injury for all children. Because children are not simply "small adults," there is a need for research into age-appropriate child restraint systems, vehicle designs for optimal child protection, and best practices for child passenger safety.
Crash Avoidance and Autonomous Vehicles
CIRP researchers are studying how teens and other vulnerable populations interact with highly autonomous vehicles and use crash avoidance systems technologies to inform vehicle design and increase safety for drivers and passengers.
Minds Matter Concussion
As a CHOP Frontier Program, the Minds Matter Concussion Research Program seeks to learn from every child that we care for and rapidly translate cutting-edge research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of concussion to optimize individual outcomes.
Young Driver Safety
The CIRP team is working to reduce the frequency and severity of teen crashes by conducting rigorous research to both analyze factors associated with young driver crashes and to develop solutions to improve skill acquisition and training and promote safe driving behaviors.
Transportation Equity
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention is collaborating with other research institutions to promote transportation equity for all through rigorous research that drives policy change.
Traumatic Stress
Traumatic stress research is being conducted at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to help children recover emotionally after injury and to improve models of post-injury care.
Violence Prevention
Research conducted at the Center for Violence Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is helping to reduce the incidence and impact of aggression on children and families through educational programming in schools, screening for risk in clinical settings, and direct casework with injured youths.
Child Safety Research Tools and Data Resources
CIRP has a variety of research tools and data resources that were developed utilizing our interdisciplinary approach to child injury prevention science.
Publications
CIRP researchers have published hundreds of articles in scientific journals.
