Injury Prevention: An International Perspective: Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Policy

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Peter Barss (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University) Gordon S. Smith (Associate Professor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University)

Injury Prevention

An International Perspective: Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Policy

Peter Barss (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University), Gordon S. Smith (Associate Professor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University), Susan P. Baker (Professor of Public Health, Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University) , Dinesh Mohan (State Bank of India Professor, State Bank of India Professor, Indian Institute of Technology)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 May 1998

Medical screening; Hygiene; Epidemiology & medical statistics

Throughout the world, injuries are the leading cause of death for young adults, adolescents, and children. Injury death and hospitalization are also high among the elderly. With the improved prevention and treatment of infectious and degenerative diseases, the importance of injuries as a debilitating factor has rapidly increased around the world. Better living conditions have decreased the number of some types of injuries--such as drownings and burns--but the proliferation of new, high-energy vehicles, machinery, and weapons has offset this trend by significantly increasing the number of other types of injuries. This book documents the nature and magnitude of the problem and provides basic approaches to injury prevention. Injury statistics are supplied for many developing countries and indigenous populations as well as for industrialized nations. Important differences among countries and cultures affecting the types and circumstances of injury are illustrated in tables and figures that present extensive data and greatly enhance the book's usefulness. The many types of injuries covered in detail include those related to traffic, falls, burns, drowning, poisoning, animal and insect bites, envenomations, occupation, disasters, suicide, and homicide. The authors take a methodologic approach to the analysis of the health impact, circumstances, and costs of injuries. They detail the costs and health impact of injuries, as well as the role of health services in injury prevention. They describe surveillance methods and effective preventive measures that can be implemented relatively easily even in countries with limited resources. Reflecting the authors extensive experience in injury prevention in a variety of countries, this book will help readers understand this major health problem, the changes that could reduce it, and the means of influencing crucial public policies. Succinct and practical, Injury Prevention

is intended for public health practitioners who develop and evaluate injury surveillance programs, epidemiologists and other researchers who wish to understand the patterns of injury occurrence, and government officials and policy makers concerned with public safety and injury prevention.

By: Peter Barss (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Assistant Professor of Epidemiology McGill University), Gordon S. Smith (Associate Professor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University), Susan P. Baker (Professor of Public Health, Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University), Dinesh Mohan (State Bank of India Professor, State Bank of India Professor, Indian Institute of Technology)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 257mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 944g
ISBN: 9780195119824
ISBN 10: 0195119827
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 01 May 1998
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: The Importance of Injuries 2. The Epidemiologic Basis for Prevention 3. Assessing the Health Impact of Injuries: Mortality 4. Assessing the Health Impact of Injuries: Morbidity 5. Assessing the Community Impact of Injuries: Costs 6. Determinants of Injuries 7. Traffic Injuries: Introduction 8. Traffic Injuries: Determinants by Road User Type 9. Unintentional Injuries: Drownings, Falls and Burns 10. Other Unintentional Injuries 11. Occupational Injuries 12. Injuries from Disasters 13. Intentional Injuries: Homicide, Suicide & Other Violence 14. Choice and Development of Injury Prevention Programs 15. Treatment and Rehabilitation: The Role of Health Services and Other Sectors 16. Conclusion

Peter Barss, M.D., Sc.D., M.P.H., is Head of Health Intelligence and Territorial Epidemiologist for the Canadian Arctic and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Gordon Smith, M.B., M.P.H., is Associate Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Susan Baker, M.P.H., is Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Dinesh Mohan, Ph.D., is State Bank of India Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Reviews for Injury Prevention: An International Perspective: Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Policy

This is a book... about social justice, assembling what is known about injury prevention, so that it is available for use in the entire world. In bringing together the art and science of injury prevention for the benefit of everyone, the book is ambitious, thorough, and helpful. Its publication is a landmark event. Now it must be used. --William H. Foege, from the Foreword ...this is an informative and stimulating book that is highly recommended for health science libraries. --Doody's Journal What we now have is a landmark addition to a remarkably small shelf of texts about this subject....This book Rrovides...a truly international perspective, using comparisons as the basis for highlighting problems in prevention in the developing world. --British Medical Journal This book is lucidly written, clearly presented with excellent sign posting and identification of sub-sections, includes some case studies and is enlivened by appropriate quotations . . . . I would therefore strongly recommend Barss et al. to the general reader who wants a broad overview of the epidemiology of injury. Family Practice It's greatest strength is being rooted in practical experience of the epidemiology of unintentional injuries around the world-Papua New Guinea, Angola, Greenland and the USA. --International Journal of Epidemiology With injuries becoming the leading cause of death among many population groups, this book provides an excellent overview of the issues and challenges faced by public health practitioners as the threat of infectious disease wanes in comparison. -- Ardene Robinson Vollman, RN, PhD, Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol 91, No. 4, July-Aug 2000