OBJECT Injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. The authors provide a brief discussion of a national injury prevention foundation's self-evaluation of its efforts to decrease the incidence of traumatic injuries through educational programs, legislative efforts, and community programming. METHODS The authors performed a literature review of evaluation studies and acti...

Community based injury prevention work has become a widely accepted strategy among safety promotion specialists. Hundreds of community based injury prevention programs have been implemented since the mid-1970s, but relatively few have been evaluated rigorously, resulting in a lack of consensus regarding the effectiveness of this approach. This study sought to identify key components that contri...

BACKGROUND Social norms imparted by preceptors and the requirements necessary to pass American Board of Pediatrics' examinations are potentially important contributors to physician behavior. OBJECTIVE To explore the relationships between perceived professional norms regarding injury prevention and the injury prevention topics discussed, and counseling strategies employed, by pediatric residen...

OBJECTIVE To provide an assessment of the contours of the injury field today and to raise questions about our future direction. MATERIAL AND METHODS We classified the self-reported activities of injury centers, assessed trends in injury-related publications in peer review journals, and compared data on current funding levels. RESULTS The 47 identified centers are more likely to focus on uni...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Waitakere Community Injury Prevention Project (WCIPP). METHODS Process and outcome evaluations were conducted over a three year period. Process activities included analysis of project documentation, participant observation, key informant interviews, and two post-implementation case studies. A quasiexperimental design was used for the outcome evaluation. Three primary...