OBJECTIVE To describe current research in child and adolescent injury prevention by pediatric and public health investigators for comparison with national recommendations and agendas. DATA SOURCES Abstracts submitted to the 1998 annual meetings of the Pediatric Academic Societies/Ambulatory Pediatrics Association and the American Public Health Association on injury or violence in children or ...

  Abstract  One of the suitable and beneficial methods in promoting behaviors of road traffic injury prevention could be the application of educational programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of health belief model on preventive behaviors related to road traffic injuries among primary school students. 100 participants was randomly selected among four...

OBJECTIVE To propose an initial agenda for a systematic international research strategy designed to meet the information needs of injury prevention worldwide. CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF ARTICLES The world literature since 1977 was surveyed to obtain an overview of the current research effort on injury epidemiology and prevention. Articles were cited to illustrate the breadth and ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research is to use the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey to assess in greater detail state injury prevention staff perceptions of policy development and related skills and their awareness and perception of "Health in All Policies" (HiAP). DESIGN The Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey gauged public health practitioners' perspective...

Firearm injuries are a leading cause of injury-related deaths in the U.S., but there is dearth federal funding for research on firearm injury prevention, compared to other and diseases. University centers/institutes (C/Is) position help generate such research: they multidisciplinary, have capacity conduct large-scale projects, commonly address complex health social problems. In this article, we...

acute injuries of the spine and spinal cord are among the most causes of severe disability and death after trauma. data about spine fracture with or without cord damage are different. the aim of this study was to determine epidemiology and demographics of spinal injury in main trauma center, guilan, an iranian province. the present study was a descriptive study of all cases of traumatic spine i...

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children older than 1 year. Pediatricians should include unintentional injury prevention as a major component of anticipatory guidance for infants, children, and adolescents. The content of injury-prevention counseling varies for infants, preschool-aged children, school-aged children, and adolescents. This report provides guidance on the...

objective: spinal cord injury (sci) causes inflammation, deformity and cell loss. it has been shown that melissa officinalis (mo), as herbal medicine, and dexamethasone (dex) are useful in the prevention of various neurological diseases. the present study evaluated combinational effects of dex and mo on spinal cord injury. materials and methods: thirty six adult male wistar rats were used in th...

BACKGROUND Injury prevention training has been shown to be effective in reducing the incidence of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; however, the underlying reason for the success of these training programs is unclear. PURPOSE To investigate whether an ACL injury prevention program that has been shown to reduce the incidence of ACL injury alters sagittal plane hip and knee bi...

Triathlon is a popular participation sport that combines swimming, cycling and running into a single event. A number of studies have investigated the incidence of injury, profile of injuries sustained and factors contributing to triathlon injury. This paper summarises the published literature in the context of the evidence base for the prevention of triathlon related injuries. Relevant articles...