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These links are external to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. We offer them to users who are looking for additional information on child safety or child death review.

Children’s Health and Safety: Virginia Programs

• Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention
  • Chesterfield SAFE (Substance Abuse Free Environment)
  • Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project

• Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
  • Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
  • Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now)
  • Prevent Child Abuse Virginia
  • Voices for Virginia’s Children

• Infant/Child Health and Safety
  • Care Connection for Children
  • Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
  • VDH LiveWell – Office of Family Health Services
  • EMS for Children, Office of Emergency Medical Services
  • Safe Kids Virginia
  • Safe Sleep 365
  • Virginia Poison Center
  • Virginia Rules
  • Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance

• Motor Vehicle Safety
  • Drive Smart Virginia
  • Virginia Child Safety Seat Laws

• Youth Violence Prevention
  • Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force
  • VCU Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development

Children’s Health and Safety: National Programs

• Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention
  • Mayo Clinic: Help Your Teen Avoid Drugs
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
  • Office of Adolescent Health, Department of Health and Human Services
  • Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents (In Brief)
  • SAMHSA: Stop Underage Drinking
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
  • National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • Prevent Child Abuse America

• Child Health and Safety
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • D.A.R.E. America
  • Healthy Children
  • National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
  • National Safety Council
  • Safe Kids Worldwide
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Drowning
  • Drowning Prevention
  • Water Watcher Card

• Fire Prevention and Safety
  • American Red Cross: Home Fire Safety
  • Fire Facts
  • National Fire Safety Council
  • Safe Kids: Fire Safety
  • U.S. Fire Administration
• Infant Safety
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s SUID Initiative
  • First Candle
  • Safe to Sleep
• Suicide Prevention
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  • Preventing Youth Suicide-Tips for Parents and Educators
  • Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
• Teen Driver Safety
  • Drive it Home
  • National Center for Injury Prevention & Control: Motor Vehicle Safety
  • Teen Driver Source
• Youth Violence Prevention
  • Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
  • National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention
  • National Gang Center
  • UNITY Through Violence Prevention, Prevention Institute
  • Youth Violence Prevention at the CDC

State Reports and Data on Child Death Trends in Virginia

• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Virginia Department of Health
  • Annual Reports
  • Forensic Epidemiology

• Division of Health Statistics, Virginia Department of Health
  • Virginia Health Statistics

• Division of Prevention and Health Promotion, Virginia Department of Health
  • Virginia Injury and Violence Data

National Fatality Review Organizations

• National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths
• National Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Program