Injury Prevention

Community Health Staff and other Health Department personnel offer programing to work toward preventing injury in Defiance County. Some strategies to work towards improving injury prevention include: increasing the use of safe sleep practices; providing activity programs for older adults; increasing awareness of child passenger safety best practices; and increasing community awareness and education of risky driving behaviors. Visit the pages below to learn more about Injury Prevention, and programming DCGHD has to offer.

Drowning Prevention

We all want to keep our children safe and secure and help them live to their full potential. Knowing how ...
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Traffic Safety

Defiance County General Health District (DCGHD) promotes safe behaviors for drivers of all ages. To increase community awareness and education ...
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Safe Sleep

A safe sleep environment reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related causes of infant death ...
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Child Passenger Safety

Defiance County General Health District promotes Child Passenger Safety within our community. Motor vehicle crashes can occur anywhere and to ...
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Senior Falls

Community Health Staff offer programing to work toward preventing injury in Defiance County. One way to prevent injury is providing ...
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