P A Systematic Process to Prioritize Prevention Activities Sustaining Progress Toward the Reduction of Military Injuries
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Methods: Military medical surveillance data were obtained and summarized, and a working group of epidemiology and injury expertswas formed.After reviewing the available data, theworking group used predefıned criteria to score leading military unintentional injury causes on fıve main criteria that assessed factors contributing to program and policy success: (1) importance of the problem, (2) effectiveness of existing prevention strategies, (3) feasibility of establishing programs and policies, (4) timeliness of implementation and results, and (5) potential for evaluation. Injury problems were ranked by total median score.
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