Injury
Prevention
Keeping Our Children Safe
Mission
As a collaboration between UTHealth Houston and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, the injury prevention program is based out of the Texas Medical Center in Houston. The program focuses on collaborating with our community to improve the health and safety of the children.
Vision
Our injury prevention specialists work with communities to identify areas of risk and implement initiatives to meet the unique needs of pediatric patients. Through the development of interactive programs, our goal is to reduce injury and to keep our children and communities thriving.Educational Resources
Our team assists in providing educational resources on a variety of general safety and prevention topics for both parents and children. Explore these safety tips to help prevent unintentional childhood injury or death.Meet the team
Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Sandra L. McKay, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Melissa Kwan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Marisol Nieves, LCSW
Injury Prevention and Outreach Education Coordinator
Community Outreach
National Injury Prevention Day
National Injury Prevention Day is a day that aims to raise awareness of the impacts of unintentional injuries that are often preventable and predictable. The purpose of this day is to inform the public on how to avoid such injuries. UTHealth Houston was able to provide safety resources to over 260 individuals on topics relating to child passenger safety, suicide prevention, poison control, firearm safety, and sleep safety.
National Injury Prevention Month
The injury prevention team participates in many community events to raise awareness during National Injury Prevention Month providing resources and education about injury prevention. We provide information about car seat safety, firearm locks, safe sleep, suicide prevention, and poison control.
