Youth Sports Injuries

Boy in football helmet, jersey and cleats crouched in football stance on grass field.

Every 25 seconds, a young athlete suffers a sports injury severe enough to be treated in an emergency department.

This toolkit was created with one of our partners, Safe Kids Worldwide, to coincide with the release of its report on youth sports injuries. In addition, Prevent Child Injury created a customizable press release that members may distribute and provided links to other websites that have information on this topic.

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Youth Sports Injuries Project Materials

Customizable Press Release
English
Spanish

Fact Graphic – right click to save
English
Spanish

 
 

SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE MATERIALS

 

Youth Sports Injuries Resources

These websites offer a variety of resources on youth sports injuries.

CDC Heads Up – concussion education and prevention materials

Childrens Safety Network – fact sheets on sports-related concussion

RIO™: Reporting Information Online – research on high school and middle school sports injuries

SafeKids – education materials and research

 
 

*List of Abbreviations
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
PCI: Prevent Child Injury

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* Links to other organizations found on this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by Prevent Child Injury, and none should be inferred. Prevent Child Injury is not responsible for the content of the individual organization web pages found at these links.