| Description |
xxx, 495 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The importance of the injury problem: magnitude, cost, and preventability -- Conceptual and historical underpinnings of injury and injury prevention -- Epidemiology of injury -- Unintentional injury -- Intentional injury -- Injury prevention: general principles -- Injury prevention: educational strategies -- Injury prevention: environmental modification -- Injury prevention: the role of law -- Injury prevention: the role of public agencies -- Developing a public health agency injury program: a systems approach -- Injury surveillance: a 10-step plan -- Real world evaluation techniques -- Injury prevention: opportunities and barriers |
| Summary |
"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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Wounds and injuries -- Prevention.
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Accidents -- Prevention.
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Personal injuries -- Prevention.
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| Author |
Gallagher, Susan Scavo.
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| LC no. |
2005018121 |
| ISBN |
076373392X hardback |
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