The New York-Presbyterian Injury Prevention Program partners with community-based, public, and private sector entities to deliver evidence-based trauma prevention, education, and outreach to adult and pediatric participants across New York City.
Community Outreach
Our Services
- Older Adult Fall Prevention: Falls are the leading cause of injury for adults ages 65 and older. Learn how to prevent falls with these resources.
- Fall risk evaluation
- use this checklist to evaluate your risk of falling
- Falls prevention checklist
- use this guide to check for and remove hazards in your home.
- Falls-prevention classes
- A Matter of Balance: eight 2-hour small-group classes to reduce the fear of falling
- Falls Prevention Symposium
- ThinkFirst Falls Safety
- Fall risk evaluation
- Stop the Bleed ®: Learn to recognize and stop life-threatening bleeding with this 90-minute, hands-on course. Contact us to schedule a free course at your school, office, or community organization.
- Pediatric Injury Prevention: Learn how to keep the children in your life safe with these courses and activities.
- Burn safety
- Summer safety
Contact Us
To schedule a program, get involved, or to get more information email below.
Rob Curran, D.C., EMT - roc9187@nyp.org - NYP Weill Cornell Medical Center
Paris Dattilo, RN - pad9011@nyp.org - NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Michele Schombs, MSN, AGNP-C - mis9332@nyp.org - NYP Queens
DiLenny Roca, MPH, MS - dr146@cumc.columbia.edu - NYP Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital