OUR MISSION
Dedicated to creating a safe community to live, work and play, where people have the freedom to live to their full potential. .
OUR VISION
An injury and violence free Dallas
2010 – 2012 Priorities
The IPC addresses both intentional and unintentional injuries for all ages and is committed to implementing long-term sustainable programs for vulnerable and underserved populations.
The following priority areas have been identified for 2010 – 2012:
Programmatic Initiatives Data
- Unintentional childhood injuries
- Residential fire injury prevention
- Traffic safety
- Child passenger safety
- Tween occupant protection
- Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes
- Child maltreatment
- Senior falls prevention
Data
- Child Death Review
- Domestic Violence Fatality Review
Saving Lives. . .Saving Money
When effective injury prevention strategies are implemented, the estimated economic return on investment is signifincant. For instance, home visitation programs have been demonstrated to be particularly effective in reducing child abuse and injury and provide a cost savings of nearly $2.88 to $5.70 per dollar spent. Other proven cost-effective prevention strategies include booster seats for children, bicycle and motorcycle helmets, smoke alarms and laws associated with preventing drunk driving, maintaining curfews for teen drivers and wearing seat belts.
Since the IPC was established, injury death rates have decreased in Dallas and safe behaviors have increased. The results are measurable and the cost savings are real.
- In 1995, a traffic safety project entitled “Don’t Wreck Your Week” resulted in a 17 percent reduction in motor vehicle crashes in Dallas and a savings of $240,000 in medical costs.
- In 1999, a child passenger safety project in West Dallas increased car seat use by 55 percentage points at a health clinic and 22 percentage points in the community as a whole.
- A similar child passenger safety project implemented in 2002 in Southeast Dallas increased car seat use in the entire area by 27 percentage points.
- As of 2008, a smoke alarm program that began in 1999 entitled Operation Installation has decreased residential fire death rates in the highest risk areas of Dallas by 60 percent.