Our Injury Prevention Program is part of the Health Department's Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention. We work to create a safe environment for all Philadelphia residents. Our program currently focuses on reducing and preventing gun violence. Future efforts will expand to address motor vehicle collisions and pedestrian injuries, and alcohol-related injuries and deaths. We work to:

• Support an evidence-based approach to violence reduction.
• Promote the safe storage of firearms, especially around children and youth.
• Promote opportunities for youth that minimize exposure to violence and promote safety.
• Partner with community leaders, law enforcement, and academic institutions to study what works in reducing gun violence.
• Monitor and study injuries throughout the city to modify prevention efforts with real-time information.
• Monitor and study the factors that contribute to violence and injury.

Many other local and national organizations share our commitment to understand and prevent gun violence, including:

• The Philadelphia Roadmap for Safer Communities
• Everytown for Gun Safety
• Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
• Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
• The Trace: Reporting on Guns and Gun Violence in America