OBJECTIVE To develop a set of national injury indicators for Canadian children and youth which will eventually be used to reflect and monitor identified prevention priorities. METHODS The Canadian Injury Indicators Development Team brought together injury researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to develop injury indicators in the following areas: overall health services implications; mo...

The hand is one of the most important parts human body and its ability to perform everyday tasks fundamental performance daily life. epidemiology catastrophic injuries varied, depending on type injury. These can be caused by car accidents, sports industrial in some cases, acts violence. Catastrophic also result from diseases, such as osteomyelitis or cancer. Advances medical technology surgical...

Aim This paper investigates alcohol consumption within cultures of football fandom through the innovative combination theories carnivalesque and Bourdieu’s concepts habitus, field, capital.Methods Focus groups (n = 79) were conducted with supporters in England Scotland. Semi-structured interviews 15) also key organizational stakeholders. Research explored importance role for when watching or at...

background: promotion of health is the fundamental strategy for controlling risk factors of unhealthy lifestyle and consequently improving health of individuals and society. Health professions play a leading role in this process. Aim: the purpose of our empirical study was to gain an insight of the role of health professions in health and wellbeing of elite athletes. The research was based on t...

Globally, every day, ∼2,300 children and adolescents succumb to unintentional injuries sustained from motor vehicle collisions, drowning, poisoning, falls, burns, and violence. The rate of deaths due to motor vehicle injuries in adolescents is 10.2 per 100,000 adolescents. We systematically reviewed published evidence to identify interventions to prevent unintentional injuries among adolescents...

In recent years, an increasing number of cases sexual violence (SV) in organized sports have received worldwide attention. To counteract the emergence SV, various preventive measures been developed and implemented. However, effectiveness these has not adequately tested. close this gap, purpose present study was to evaluate a workshop intervention that conducted within context Germany. The one-d...

OBJECTIVES The occurrence and causes of maxillofacial trauma varies in different regions of the world. The aim of this study was to identify the occurrence, types and causes of maxillofacial injuries according to the age and gender differences in patients treated at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Center Osijek, between January 2011 and December 2013. MATERIALS AN...

In fall 2018, 81 intercollegiate athletes participated in Fair Play: Sexual Violence Prevention for Athletes. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of Play curriculum and facilitation, specifically learning if athletes’ attitudes toward women and/or rape myth acceptance changed as a result their participation Play. Athletes completed pre- post-test surveys measure perceptions sexual assault/r...