Dedicated to creating safer communities and keeping kids safe at home, on the road and in water.

Injury Free-Miami is the center for injury prevention and research at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center.

Injury Free-Miami serves South Florida in promoting research-based injury prevention programs that are implemented through community partnerships. Injury Free-Miami also trains professionals in child safety and uses local injury data to help guide policy and programs.  

We work with parents, caregivers, professionals and communities to intervene before preventable child injuries and deaths occur. Injury Free-Miami studies the who, how, where and why of injuries, to identify risk. We develop and evaluate hospital and community-based programs to promote what works in our multicultural community. Our staff provides training and resources in English, Spanish and Creole to create safer living and play spaces for children. 

Keystone programs include the Injury Free-Mobile for home and water safety, Buckle up for Life/Abrochemos a la Vida and home and passenger safety training in health clinics.  

The Little Hands Playground at Miami’s Dunbar Elementary School (505 NW 20th Street) is a play area specially designed to prevent or reduce children’s injuries. The playground was built by volunteers from Miami’s Overtown neighborhood, The Allstate Foundation, and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Miami. Click here for more information about this playground.