Injury Prevention
Injuries are the leading cause of death among First Nations people
and Inuit. Many deaths are caused by suicide, drowning and fire,
as well as motor vehicle, snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle accidents.
Guided by the National First Nations and Inuit Injury
Prevention Working Group , Health Canada works with
Aboriginal organizations and communities to develop activities
and programs to prevent injuries through Injury Prevention and
Control.
What is Injury Prevention and Control?
- Injury is the transfer of energy that results in
harm to an individual.
- Prevention and Control is the prevention,
minimization, treatment and rehabilitation of the original
harmful transfer of energy.
Community-Based Injury Surveillance
To learn more about injury surveillance, how it can help your
community and how it works, see community-based
injury surveillance.
Who is Involved?
Some of the following hyperlinks are to sites
of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the
 Official
Languages Act. The material found there is
therefore in the language(s) used by the sites in question. National Organizations
Programs
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