Injury-Free NC Academy
What is the Injury-Free NC (IFNC) Academy?
The IFNC Academy is a training and program development resource for injury and violence prevention practitioners in North Carolina. Each cycle of the IFNC Academy focuses on a timely topic affecting North Carolinians. Since 2014, the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center and the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) have been working to bring timely and critical training to the injury and violence prevention workforce in North Carolina to incorporate best practices, promising strategies, and innovative programming into their work.
Upcoming Academies
Visit our Overdose Prevention and Risk Reduction page to learn more about our 2026 academy.
If you have questions about this Academy, please email: OverdosePreventionAcademy@unc.edu
Past Academies
Establishing Syringe Services Program
The Injury-Free NC Academy on Establishing Syringe Services Programs offered an in-person and virtual series on how to establish Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) in North Carolina.
Comprehensive Suicide Prevention
As a part of our comprehensive suicide prevention program, we provided academies on Comprehensive Suicide Prevention and Youth Suicide Prevention.
Workplace Policies & Supports
The Injury-Free NC team hosted the Academy on Workplace Policies and Supports to Prevent Violence and Promote Well-Being. The primary goal of the Academy was to build the capacity of community-based teams in order to help them effectively promote and advocate for workplace policies that reduce the risk for violence and increase protective factors for individuals and families.
Sharing Power with Communities
The Injury-Free NC Academy offered a virtual series on Sharing Power with Communities.
Learning objectives included:
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- The role of cultural humility and self-reflection in working with communities
- Tools for building community power and stakeholder buy-in for our programs
- Skill-sharing and learning across practice settings