Wednesday, March 12, 2025
3/12/2025
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Rapid Health Information NetwOrk (RHINO) Program proposes to engage in a collaborative 5-year project to increase the timeliness of aggregate reporting of ED visits for firearm injuries (regardless of intent), other violence-related injuries, and mental health conditions and to disseminate surveillance findings to the public and key stakeholders working to prevent or respond to violence. DOH will engage key injury prevention and response stakeholders from local health jurisdictions to inform surveillance approaches and develop and disseminate geographically specific data products. DOH will collaborate closely with CDC in developing and validating syndrome definitions for firearm injuries (regardless of intent), other violence-related injuries, and mental health conditions. DOH will share data and methodology with CDC to advance national best practice and surveillance. DOH will develop and refine practices for prompt detection of rapid changes in trends related to firearms and violence-related injuries, and provide geographically specific data to local partners to inform response to such changes. These enhanced surveillance activities will assist stakeholders in targeting and evaluating prevention strategies by providing detailed and timely data tailored to their needs. In addition, DOH proposes to engage in Option Activity 1, Data Linkages, to supplement and validate data across multiple data sources. Optional Activity 2: Real-time Data to Inform Response, Engagement, Collaboration, and Tailored (REDIRECT) Prevention Activities For the “Optional REDIRECT Prevention Activity,” WA DOH intends to leverage new and current multisectoral collaborations related to WA firearm injury data systems and traffic injury work. Related to firearm data systems, RHINO has participated in a working group (convened by WA’s Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention) aimed at producing a WA Firearm Data Inventory and promoting firearm prevention collaborations across the public health, judicial, and law enforcement sectors.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).