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					While there is no one-size-fits-all solution to preventing TBI, there are programs that may reduce the burden of TBI among Americans. CDC focuses on preventing TBIs before they happen and reducing the chance for disability and other potential effects among those who sustain a TBI. With these goals in mind, CDC conducts surveillance and uses science-based strategies to save lives and reduce the long-term effects of TBI.
Surveillance and research to support data-driven solutions
Surveillance data are critical to help inform prevention strategies, identify modifiable risk and protective factors, and identify trends to let us know whether the problem is getting better or worse (and whether prevention efforts are working).
Download CDC TBI data reports
Learn about the National Concussion Surveillance System
Read TBI research published by CDCStrategies to prevent TBIs before they happen
CDC has several efforts underway to protect people from TBI by focusing on prevention efforts for the most common ways people get TBIs: falls, firearm-related suicide, motor vehicle crashes, and assaults.
Falls among older adults
Suicide prevention
Firearm-related injury
Motor vehicle safety
Assault and other violence preventionPromoting awareness to protect children from TBI
CDC’s HEADS UP initiative includes educational trainings and materials that were created to protect children by raising awareness and informing action to improve prevention, recognition, and response to concussion and other serious brain injuries.
Check out the HEADS UP initiatives trainings and materials
							
					
						Page last reviewed:  May 5, 2021					Content source: 	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control homeTraumatic Brain Injury & Concussion (TBI)Get the Factsplus iconTBI DataHealth DisparitiesTBI in the WorkplacePreventionMild TBI and Concussionplus iconSymptomsGetting BetterRepeated Head ImpactsModerate and Severe TBIplus iconPotential EffectsRecoveryWhere to Get HelpPublications and ReportsResearch and Programsplus iconNational Concussion Surveillance SystemResources for Healthcare Providersplus iconMild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline for AdultsCDC Pediatric mTBI Guidelineplus iconCDC Pediatric mTBI Guideline ChecklistHEADS UP to Health Care ProvidersPress Roomplus iconLiving with TBIHEADS UP Campaign To receive email updates about this topic, enter your email address: Email Address			What's this?				Submit


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