Injury prevention
Child Fatality Prevention System
The Child Fatality Prevention System (CFPS) is a statewide, legislatively mandated, multidisciplinary, multi-agency network to prevent child deaths that includes:
- Local child fatality review teams
- Data and information
- State review team
Excessive alcohol use prevention
Reduce excessive alcohol-related harms through:
- Data-driven decision making.
- Increased awareness about the public health impact of excessive alcohol use.
- Improved collaboration between partners working on prevention.
Motor vehicle safety
Safe roads are important to everyone so we can all enjoy the great things Colorado has to offer. Learn more about motor vehicle safety including:
- Car seat safety
- Teen motor vehicle safety
- Safe, sober and distraction-free driving
- A variety of resources
Older adult fall prevention
Learn more about the CDC STEADI Program:
- Clinical guidelines for fall prevention
- Take charge of your independence by preventing falls
- Exercise classes proven to help prevent falls
- A variety of resources
Injury and violence data and epidemiology
Injury and violence data and epidemiology include:
- Data resources, general injury reports
- Data on suicide, adult falls
- Prescription drug abuse
- Motor vehicle
- Child fatality and abuse
- Marijuana
- Sexual violence
- Infant safe sleep
Overdose prevention
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment receives funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, to address drug overdoses. Learn more about:
- Naloxone information and bulk fund resources
- Overdose prevention grants and funding
- Preventing prescription drug misuse
Reducing infections from injection drug use
The goal of syringe service programs is to reduce harms associated with drug use including injection-related health risks and overdose.
- List of Colorado syringe access programs and resources for harm reduction
Suicide Prevention
Information and resources for suicide prevention in Colorado.
Community Prevention and Early Intervention (CPEI)
The Colorado Office of Policy, Research, and Regulatory Reform is currently conducting a sunset review of CDPHE's Rural Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Program.
- Analysis is performed to determine if the statute regarding the program is necessary and should be continued, modified, or repealed.
- You can provide input into this review.