Injury prevention and public health
Subtitle: practical knowledge, skills, and strategies
By: by Tom Christoffel, Susan Scavo Gallagher.
Contributors: Gallagher, Susan Scavo.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
Subjects: Wounds and injuries -- Prevention.; Accidents -- Prevention.; Personal injuries -- Prevention.; Wounds and Injuries -- prevention & control.; Accident Prevention.
Description: "Injury Prevention and Public Health: Practical Knowledge, Skills, and Strategies, Second Edition presents the complex nature of injuries and violence but provides this information in a highly comprehensible, practical manner. The focus of this book is on real-world solutions and concrete measures that can be taken in order to stem the epidemic of needless injuries."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of the injury problem: magnitude, cost, and preventability; title: Conceptual and historical underpinnings of injury and injury prevention; title: Epidemiology of injury; title: Unintentional injury; title: Intentional injury; title: Injury prevention: general principles; title: Injury prevention: educational strategies; title: Injury prevention: environmental modification; title: Injury prevention: the role of law; title: Injury prevention: the role of public agencies; title: Developing a public health agency injury program: a systems approach; title: Injury surveillance: a 10-step plan; title: Real world evaluation techniques; title: Injury prevention: opportunities and barriers.