Current Committees

Child Injury Prevention

The committee’s mission is to connect regional child injury prevention professionals with each other to share resources and collaborate.

Communications & Membership

The committee’s mission is to increase and build membership within MIPA and ensure members are connected through strong avenues of communication. Some of the project include recruiting members and maintaining current distribution list; raise awareness of MIPA with other organizations; develop and maintain the MIPA website and routinely disseminating information to MIPA membership. 

Data

The purpose of the MIPA Data Committee is to help build regional public health surveillance capacity and data sharing and analysis through shared goals, efforts, and participation from individuals from the six MIPA member states.  The committee addresses intentional and unintentional injury data across the lifespan. It will serve as an open community and collaboration of individuals to discuss data-related issues and build data capacity. (Click here to review the committee’s guidance document.)

Region V NVDRS Collaboration

Region V is in the unique position in that all the states in the region participate in the National Violent Death Reporting System. The mission of the committee is to facilitate mentoring, collaboration, and data sharing among NVDRS-funded states.

Older Adult Falls

The committee’s mission is to collaborate with fellow healthcare providers, educators and community members of the states in federal Region V to provide fall prevention education and awareness to reduce falls and fall-related injuries in our communities. 

Drug Overdose

The committee's mission is to share information about the public health impact of substance use disorder and collaborate on prevention strategies in states in Region V.