Alaska Department of Health Division of Public Health Injury Prevention Unit

Alaska Department of Health Division of Public Health Injury Prevention Unit – The Injury Prevention Unit (IPU) within the Division of Public Health, Alaska Department of Health works to develop and align brain injury awareness, prevention and screening efforts with a focus on disproportionately affected populations. The IPU braids funding across state and federal sources including, state general funds, CDC Core State Injury Prevention Program (Core-SIPP) and The Alaska Mental Health Trust to coordinate a brain injury awareness public education campaign, develop a standard process for brain injury screening in the juvenile justice system as well as facilitation of community and school-based supports for youth identified in the project.