Injury Prevention articles from March 2001

Injury Prevention archives from March 2001

Successes and failures in occupational injury prevention.
March 1, 2001... Occupational accidents are a major health hazard. According to International Labor Office, injuries killed 335 000 people at work in 1994. [1] The good news is that there is a declining trend of fatal accidents in most industrialized countries....

Research priorities for injury prevention.
March 1, 2001... The aim of injury prevention research is to provide information that will lead to a sustained reduction in the burden of injury, whether measured in terms of mortality, morbidity, disability, or cost of injury. Because the resources available...

Proposed explanations for excess injury among veterans of the Persian Gulf War and a call for greater attention from policymakers and researchers.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Introduction--Death rates among US veterans of the Persian Gulf War were lower than rates among non-deployed veterans and the US population at large, with the exception of injury deaths; returning veterans were at significantly...

An overview of the injury severity score and the new injury severity score.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--The research was undertaken to describe the injury severity score (ISS) and the new injury severity score (NISS) and to illustrate their statistical properties. Design--Descriptive analysis and assessment of the...

Do self reported safety behaviours predict childhood unintentional injuries?(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of self reported safety behaviours as a proxy for injuries in unintentional injuries research. Setting--The study population comprised parents and guardians of...

Comparison of work related fatal injuries in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand: method and overall findings.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--To compare the extent, distribution, and nature of fatal occupational injury in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Setting--Workplaces in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. ...

Work related spinal cord injury, Austra1ia 1986-97.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--Little has been published before on the epidemiology and prevention of work related spinal cord injury (SCI). This study is the first national population based epidemiological analysis of this type of injury. It...

People in the news.(appointments)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Injury Prevention Deputy Editor Dr Terry Nolan has been appointed Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Population Health, and Head of the Department of Public Health at the University of Melbourne. He continues as a Fellow of the...

Debate on cycle helmet effectiveness.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Dorothy Robinson and Bill Curnow have submitted lengthy comments on the July 1999 Cochrane Review, Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicyclists by Diane Thompson, Fred Rivara, and Robert Thompson. The debate, their comments and...

Growing Canadian research network.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... CIRNet, the Canadian Injury Research Network is a growing consortium of multidisciplinary injury researchers, programmers, and policy makers, addressing intentional and unintentional injuries among Canadians of all ages. The purpose of this...

Pickup trucks.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention has issued a position statement on children in pickup trucks (Pediatrics 2000;106:857-9). The AAP recommends that occupants in pickup trucks should receive the...

Inedibles in foods raised in European parliament.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The ANEC Newsletter reported that in July 2000, two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) jointly asked a question in the European Parliament on the dangers to young children of inedible items in foods. The MEPs stated that the directive...

Queensland drownings.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Between 1994 and 1998 drowning was the leading cause of death, accounting for almost 40% of all injury deaths, among under 5s in Queensland, reported the November issue of the QISU Injury Bulletin. More than half of these drownings occurred in...

Child injury reviews update.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Thanks to a grant from the National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control, Fred Rivara and Diane Thompson will be updating the child injury reviews currently on the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) web site,...

Violent entertainment.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In September last year, the US Federal Trade Commission released a report on the marketing of violent entertainment to children. At President Clinton's request, the commission conducted a study that found that companies in the motion picture,...

Child falls in focus.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... The September issue of Hazard, the excellent newsletter from the Victorian Injury Surveillance and Applied Research System at Australia's Monash University, took a close look at children's fall injuries. Bikes, monkey bars, and in-line skates...

Decrease in nursery product injuries.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released a report in September 2000 showing that nursery product injuries treated in emergency rooms had dropped by almost 20% over the past five years. This was the first decrease in such...

Bouncy castle dangers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Some 650 victims of accidents involving an air cushion/"bouncy castle" were treated annually by accident and emergency departments in the Netherlands having fallen off the cushion or landed, awkwardly when jumping off it, the September 2000...

Trampoline injuries bounce upwards.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... The CPSC has reported that trampoline injuries have almost tripled in the last decade-from an estimated 37 500 in 1991 to almost 100 000 in 1999. Nearly two thirds of the victims were children 6-14 years of age and about 15% involved young...

Canada's injury control secretariat: dead or just resting?(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Less than one year ago we happily announced the establishment of Canada's first national coordinating body for injury prevention and control. Under the auspices of Health Canada (the federal ministry), the secretariat was to develop a national...

Another US guns group.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A new web site has been launched by (yet another) American group concerned about guns. Americas for Gun Safety differs from some other organizations in two major ways: it considers itself centrist and non-partisan, recognizing the "rights of...

Global agreement on vehicle safety regulations.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The agreement for the development of global regulations for vehicles came into force in August 2000 when at least eight countries and/or regional economic integration organizations have become contracting parties to the agreement (the Russian...

ISOFIX child restraints.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Consumers International participated in the September 2000 meeting of ISO TC 22 Road Vehicles Working Group on child restraints, reports the ANEC Newsletter. To date, only the ISO. standard on the universal child restraint ISOFIX defining the...

NTSB meeting on booster seats in ears equipped with lap belts only.(National Transportation Safety Board)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... The US National Transportation Safety Board hosted a round table meeting in December 2000 to discuss the need for booster seats that can be used in vehicles with lap only belts. The goal of the meeting was to identify what actions need to be...

Improvement to US child restraints.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The US Senate has approved a broad road safety package that includes a plan by Illinois Senator Peter G Fitzgerald to improve safety standards for child car seats and booster seats. The bill goes to President Clinton for his signature....

Review of child passenger protection.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A new review of child passenger protection in the US, with many references to Canada, European, and Australian practice (Crash protection for 'child' passengers, a review of best practice. UMTRI Research Review 2000;31 (3)July-September) is...

Gun accidents and suicides increase among kids.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Though overall firearm deaths are down across the US, an analysis of gun accidents and suicides among kids shows that within certain age groups there were startling increases. The greatest increases were among 5-9 year olds, where the number of...

How safe is your farm?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Between 1976 and 1998 over 220 children were killed in Britain as a result of accidents in agriculture. In addition to specific legislation such as the Prevention of Accidents to Children in Agriculture Regulations 1998, the Health and Safety...

Safety of farmworkers' children.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a new book, Guidelines for the Care of Migrant Farmworkers' Children, produced in cooperation with the Migrant Clinicians Network. It includes sections on injuries as well as nutrition, well...

Guide on the needs of older people.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... ANEC, in conjunction with RICABILITY, have produced an online guide Meeting the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities. It can be accessed via the ANEC web site www.anec.org. It contains checklists for a range of domestic...

Standard for portable bed rails.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Since 1990, the US CPSC has learned of 14 deaths to children, most of whom were under 2 years of age, who became entrapped in a space between the bed rail and the mattress, and 40 "near misses". Although most manufacturers label their bed rails...

Seat belts in Northern Ireland.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Almost half of all passengers killed in car accidents in Northern Ireland last year were not wearing seat belts. And more than a third of all drivers killed were also not strapped in. Statistics released by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)...

Low car seat use among minorities.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... DaimlerChrysler Corp announced a million dollar effort in October to increase child safety seat usage by minority families through four pilot programs across America. The initiative is the second phase of the company's Fit for a Kid program....

Canadian conference highlights.
March 1, 2001... The first national Canadian conference brought more than 200 researchers, program and policy people to the beautiful Rocky Mountains last fall. Sponsored by the Alberta Centre for Injury Prevention and Control and the British Columbia Injury...

Four million infant car seats recalled.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Century Products of Macedonia, Ohio, has recalled about four million infant car seats/carriers. When the seat is used as an infant carrier, the handle can break and an infant inside the carrier can fall to the ground, suffering serious...

Teachers' resource centre on the web.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Safe Kids Canada has launched a web based teachers' resource centre to make the teaching of injury prevention to primary students as easy as possible. The idea is to provide busy teachers with quick access to safety lesson plans that match...

UK speed review to start.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... When the standard speed limits used on Britain's road were set, traffic conditions and vehicle characteristics were very different indeed. This has prompted the government, in collaboration with European partners, to commission a detailed study...

Accidental falls with kickboards (microscooters).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In 2000, there was a marked increase in the reported number of kickboard injuries in Australia, according to the September issue of Hazard, from the Monash University's Accident Research Centre. This can be attributed to their increasing...

$400 000 fine for defect reporting delay.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... California company Galoob Toys Inc has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $400 000 after it violated the US Consumer Product Safety Act by foiling to report to the CPSC defects, and injuries to children and adults associated with its Sky Dancer...

Carbon monoxide deaths in Northern Ireland.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... People living in Northern Ireland are three times more likely to die from carbon monoxide poisoning than anywhere else in the UK, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. This can be linked to the extensive use of solid...

Road safety education in developing countries.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... TRL News reports that the British research company has recently developed a complete road safety curriculum for all primary school grades in Uganda in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the British Council. This project follows...

New injury risk management centre.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Injury Risk Management Research Centre has been established within the University of NSW (in Sydney) to undertake and facilitate research on the prevention of all types of injury. The centre is intended to provide a single access point for...

Translating research into practice.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In an attempt to improve the use that is made of research the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council has established a strategic research initiative entitled "Translational grants in injury" to fund projects aimed at...

Surface characteristics, equipment height, and the occurrence and severity of playground injuries.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives -- To evaluate whether surface characteristics (absorption level (g-max), material) and the height of play equipment are related to the occurrence and severity of injuries from :falls. Setting and methods--During...

Sports activities related to injuries? A survey among 9-19 year olds in Switzerland.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Most data on sports injuries are gathered in clinical settings so that their epidemiology in the general population is not well known. Objective--To explore the link between sports injuries with the type and the...

Injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--To describe and contrast injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda. Settings--One rural and one urban community in Uganda. Methods--Community health workers interviewed adult respondents in households selected by...

Use of protective equipment by in-line skaters: an observational study.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To determine the extent of protective equipment use (that is, helmets, wrist guards, elbow pads, knee pads) in a representative sample of in-line skaters. Setting--Fifteen municipalities throughout the province of...

Injury in young people with intellectual disability: descriptive epidemiology.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--To assess the public health importance of injury in a representative sample of young people with intellectual disability relative to the general population. Setting--This study forms part of the Australian Child...

A population based study of unintentional firearm fatalities.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--To describe the circumstances of fatal unintentional firearm injuries in a statewide population in a region of the United States with high firearm fatality rates and to compare to similar data from an earlier period in...

Evaluation of the Latrobe Valley Better Health Injury Prevention Program.
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To evaluate the Latrobe Valley Better Health Injury Prevention Program, a regional community based intervention in south east Victoria, Australia. Method--The evaluation design was quasiexperimental including...

How much outpatient care is provided for injuries?(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To estimate the average number of outpatient visits, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations for injured patients. Methods--The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component of 1996 is a weighted...

Injury mortality among children and teenagers in Mexico, 1997.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Injury mortality rates among children and teenagers have been published for the United States, [1] Australia, [2] New Zealand, [3] and England and Wales, [4] all of them high income countries. No such statistics are available from middle or low...

Hazards of unrestrained vehicle cargo.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The compulsory use of seat belts for drivers and front seat passengers was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1983. In 1991 legislation was extended to include rear seat adult passengers in cars where a seat belt was fitted. [1] This protects...

RESEARCH LETTER.
March 1, 2001... Cross country variation of fractures in the childhood population. Is the origin biological or "accidental"? EDITOR,--The interesting paper by Lyons et al revealed that the annual incidence rate of fractures among children aged 0-12 years...

Undertaking Qualitative Research: Concepts and Cases in Injury, Health and Social Life.(Review)
March 1, 2001... By J Peter Rothe. (Pp 224, paperback; C$29.95). Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta Press, 2000. ISBN 0-88864-367-5. This book is an important contribution to the field of accident and injury research. It is a book for newcomers to...

UPDATE ON ISCAIP.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... From the Chair of ISCAIP As many readers will be aware, the elections for the new ISCAIP Board were held in 2000. I feel deeply honoured to have been elected Chair and wish to thank all concerned for their support. My colleagues on the...

SPLINTERS & FRAGMENTS.
March 1, 2001... When you think of Florida, you may picture a tropical vacation spot with beaches and Disney World. But Florida is also a predominantly agricultural state. A recent article provides us with a first comprehensive look at injury deaths on Florida...