Injury Prevention articles from February 1 2004

Injury Prevention archives from February 1 2004

Page charges: an unwelcome necessity: from the editor's desk.(From the Editor's Desk)
February 1, 2004... It is with considerable regret--and not without some disagreement among the Editorial Board--that we announce the initiation of page charges for authors. Beginning 1 January 2004, authors will be asked to pay $150US for each complete printed...

Bridging from research to practice.(From the Editor's Desk)
February 1, 2004... This topic has arisen repeatedly over the past 10 years and with good reason. It is one of the great unresolved issues, not just for injury prevention researchers but for almost everyone in applied research. I will not, therefore, apologize for...

Reconsidering community based interventions: balancing rigor and the real world.(Community Based Interventions)
February 1, 2004... The systematic review of the literature "Community based programs to prevent poisoning in children 0-15 years" that is published in this issue prompted a debate between reviewers and authors (see p 43). This process revealed a number of...

Driver education renaissance? Why we need evidence based highway safety policy.(Driver Education)
February 1, 2004... Despite decades of research indicating driver education does not reduce crash involvement among beginning drivers, it still has tremendous popular appeal as a means to improve driver safety. Formal driver education programs enjoy widespread...

June 6-9, 2004 7th world conference on injury prevention and safety promotion.(Safety: 2004)(Calendar)
February 1, 2004... Conference themes: * Violence Prevention * Suicide Prevention * Road Safety * Work Safety and Health * Child and Elder Safety * Safety in the Home and Institutions * Sports, Leisure Time Safety * Product...

People in the news.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... Editorial board member Professor Yvonne Carter has recently taken up a new post as Vice Dean of the Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick. She can now be contacted at yvonne. carter@warwick.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)24 7657 3088, fax: +44...

Patricia F Waller endowment fund.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... Friends and colleagues of Dr Patricia Waller have established an endowment in the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) to honor her as the center's founding director. Dr Waller died on 15 August 2003 after a...

Speed Camera myths.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The UK's Parliamentary Advisory Committee for Transport Safety (PACTS) and the Slower Speeds Initiative have published a research briefing in response to some of the claims circulating in the British press about speed cameras. The research...

Furniture flammability.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously in October to develop a possible federal standard for upholstered furniture flammability performance. The action would address the risk of residential fires ignited by...

Canadian baby walker ban?(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... In September, Health Canada, the national health ministry, announced that it was seeking the views of Canadians on a proposal to ban baby walkers under the Hazardous Products Act. Health Canada concluded that the inherent nature of baby walkers...

Effectiveness of firearms laws.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The October 3 issue of the CDC publication MMWR presented a report of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, an independent non-federal task force, that had been undertaking a systematic review of scientific evidence on the...

Health Survey for England 2002.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... HSE 2002, published in December 2003, paid particular attention to the health of children (0-15 years) and young people (16-24 years), using an enlarged sample for these age groups. One of the topics covered in the large scale 2002 household...

Child resistant packaging for pharmaceuticals.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The draft European standard prEN 14375 Child-resistant non-reclosable packaging for pharmaceutical products--Requirements and testing almost failed the formal vote. It received 72% of YES votes, just 1% more than the required 71% necessary for...

Classifying external causes of injuries.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... Traditionally, injury data have been represented using the external cause codes of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). For more than two decades, experts have argued that the ICD codes lack the scope and specificity needed to...

Gloucester Safer City report.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The Gloucester Safer City project was a major road safety initiative carried out with funding from England's Department for Transport in the City of Gloucester. The purpose was to demonstrate to highways authorities that road accidents and...

Dog Control in New Zealand.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The new Dog Control Amendment Act is intended to make New Zealand a safer place for children. The Act was passed in November 2003 and will come into force progressively, adding a range of safety measures to the controls on dogs already in...

Systematic review of pediatric farm injury prevention.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The results of a recent systematic review of research on the prevention of farm related injuries to young children is available from Safe Kids Canada. The review was conducted by teams from Queen's University and the University of Alberta, and...

New Zealand courts reject claim that bike helmets ineffective.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The Wellington District Court has dismissed a claim that bicycle helmets are ineffective. The claim was made as part of an appeal from an antihelmet lobbyist who was seeking an exemption from use, using the argument that the helmets were in...

Violence prevention grant for UNC.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina has been awarded a grant of approaching $1 million a year for four years to host the development of the NAICRC-STIPDA national training program in violence prevention--an...

Passport to Safety.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... A new online learning tool was launched at the Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference in November. Passport to Safety is designed to engage young workers (teens and young adults) in workplace health and safety education,...

New Zealand Injury Strategy and Implementation Plan.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... The New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy (NZIPS) was released in June 2003 and provides a framework for the injury prevention activities of government agencies, local government, non-government organisations, communities, and individuals. The...

Canada national strategy consultation.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... A three pronged initiative to develop a national injury prevention strategy has been making progress in Canada. Surveillance, research, and prevention programming are each highlighted. The effort has been spearheaded by non-profit...

Award for who World Report on Violence and Health.(News and Notes)
February 1, 2004... In September, the World Report on Violence and Health was awarded the British Medical Association's "Highly Commended Certificate" in the public health category of the 2003 competition. A fuller version of these News and Notes is available...

Longer term effects of New York state's law on drivers' handheld cell phone use.(Original Article)
February 1, 2004... Objective: To determine whether substantial short term declines in drivers' use of handheld cell phones, after a state ban, were sustained one year later. Design: Driver's daytime handheld cell phone use was observed in four New York...

Risk of hip fracture in protected and unprotected falls in nursing homes in Norway.(Original Article)
February 1, 2004... Objectives: To compare the probability of hip fracture in protected and unprotected falls in a real world setting in nursing homes. Design: Observational study. Setting: Seventeen nursing homes (965 beds) in Norway. Subjects: All...

Disability and risk of school related injury.(Original Article)
February 1, 2004... Objective: Approximately six million children with disabilities attend school in the United States. Cognitive and physical limitations may compromise their ability to handle environmental hazards and hence increase their risk for injury. The...

Beware the arms race on our roads.(Lacunae)
February 1, 2004... The rise of suburban four wheel drives has fuelled a fiery debate over road safety. Supporters claim one of the biggest attractions of these cars is their safety. Opponents contend that four wheel drives make the roads more dangerous for other...

Are older drivers actually at higher risk of involvement in collisions resulting in deaths or non-fatal injuries among their passengers and other road users?(Original Article)
February 1, 2004... Objectives: With more older drivers on the road, public concern has been expressed about their impact on traffic safety. This study revisited the question of driver age in relation to the risks of older drivers and others sharing the road with...

Motor vehicle driver injury and marital status: a cohort study with prospective and retrospective driver injuries.(Original Article)
February 1, 2004... Objective: To investigate the association of marital status with risk of motor vehicle driver injury. Design: A cohort study with prospective and retrospective outcomes. Setting: New Zealand. Participants: A total of 10 525 adults...

Influence of an injury reduction program on injury and fitness outcomes among soldiers.(Original Article)
February 1, 2004... Objective: This study evaluated the influence of a multiple injury control intervention on injury and physical fitness outcomes among soldiers attending United States Army Ordnance School Advanced Individual Training. Methods: The study...

Community based programs to prevent poisoning in children 0-15 years.(Systematic Review)
February 1, 2004... Objective: Community based models for injury prevention have become an accepted part of the overall injury control strategy. This systematic review of the scientific literature examines the evidence for their effectiveness in preventing...

CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System: background and methodology.(Methodologic Issues)
February 1, 2004... Objectives: This paper describes a new surveillance system called the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), initiated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NVDRS's mission is the collection of detailed,...

Glow in the dark camels for desert.(Lacunae)
February 1, 2004... Israel is lighting up its camels in an attempt to stop fatal collisions between the traditional ship of the desert and motorised ones, an official said in July. Israeli police are sticking phosphorescent strips on the bodies of the camels to...

The fast and the fatal: street racing fatal crashes in the United States.(Brief Report)
February 1, 2004... The objective of this study was to determine the annual incidence of fatal motor vehicle crashes involving street racing and to describe the characteristics of these crashes compared to other fatal crashes in the United States. The National...

Current helmet and protective equipment usage among previously injured ATV and motorcycle riders.(Brief Report)
February 1, 2004... Injury recidivism among trauma patients may be related to an individual pattern of high risk behaviors. The extent to which an injury episode modifies this behavior pattern is unknown. A self report, voluntary, anonymous, cross sectional survey...

Child safety education and the world wide web: an evaluation of the content and quality of online resources.(Brief Report)
February 1, 2004... The purpose of this study was to assess the content, quality, and type of internet resources available for safety education. Using 19 search engines with search strings targeting major forms of injury, identified resources were classified by...

Calendar.(Calendar)
February 1, 2004... Lifesavers Conference: National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities. 28-30 March 2004. San Diego, California. Details: www.lifesaversconference.org. World Health Day. 7 April 2004. The theme is road safety. 2004 National Sexual...

Do children's intentions to risk take relate to actual risk taking?(Brief Report)
February 1, 2004... Objectives: Concerns about safety and rigorous ethic standards can make it very difficult to study children's risk taking. The goal of this study was to determine how closely intentions to risk take relate to actual risk taking among boys and...