The Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section works to advance injury, violence, and overdose-prevention research, training, advocacy, policy and programming. Section members also have expertise in emergency health services and emergency management, with a focus on responding to injuries. We are invested in training and supporting the next generation of researchers, advocates and practitioners in our field.
Learn more about injury and violence prevention.
Read the American Journal of Public Health’s “Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention.”
Our Members
We embrace all professionals and trainees interested in unintentional injury, violence, emergency health services and emergency preparedness. Professional members from the US and throughout the world bring a global perspective to Section work.
Our membership reflects the diversity of the field:
- Epidemiologists, educators and public policymakers
- Specialists in emergency medicine, acute care, rehabilitation and disaster preparedness
- Injury control practitioners in state and local health departments
- Researchers and academicians
- Students, fellows and trainees
- Direct service providers
- Biomechanical engineers, administrators and attorneys
Our Work
We work to achieve our mission through the following priorities:
- Educate policymakers on the impact of injuries, violence, overdose and injury-related health disparities, and the importance of disaster preparedness and emergency health services/emergency management
- Promote state-of-the-science coding of injury causes across medical and death investigation systems.
- Encourage federal, state and local funding that is commensurate with the societal burden of injury, violence and overdose.
- Support policies, programs and agencies whose goals include reducing disparities in injury, violence and overdose.
- Promote access to comprehensive services for the prevention and treatment of injury, violence and overdose prevention across the lifespan.
Member Benefits
As a member of our Section, you can help grow our legacy in public health practice. We offer many opportunities to get involved, such as joining Section leadership, collaborating with other organizations and partners, influencing APHA policies and priorities, reviewing abstracts and presenting your research at the APHA Annual Meeting.
Join Us!
Your participation is vital to our continued success. Become an active member of the Section when you join APHA. If you are already an APHA member, you can join as your second Section for no additional cost by updating your member profile.
Attend Events
Check out the APHA calendar for upcoming Section events and browse our sessions at the 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo.
Visit on APHA LEAD
Members can visit us on APHA LEAD to learn about upcoming events, join in discussions with other Section members, and access our Section’s resource library.
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Contribute
Support our efforts by making a donation.