Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Division Of Health Promotion And Disease Prevention; Committee On Injury Prevention And Control

 
9780309065665: Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0309065666 ISBN 13: 9780309065665
Publisher: National Academies Press, 1998

Synopsis

Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among people under age 35 in the United States. Despite great strides in injury prevention over the decades, injuries result in 150,000 deaths, 2.6 million hospitalizations, and 36 million visits to the emergency room each year.

Reducing the Burden of Injury describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks critically at the current response by the public and private sectors, including:

  • Data and surveillance needs.
  • Research priorities.
  • Trauma care systems development.
  • Infrastructure support, including training for injury professionals.
  • Firearm safety.
  • Coordination among federal agencies.

The authors define the field of injury and establish boundaries for the field regarding intentional injuries. This book highlights the crosscutting nature of the injury field, identifies opportunities to leverage resources and expertise of the numerous parties involved, and discusses issues regarding leadership at the federal level.

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About the Author

Richard J. Bonnie, Carolyn E. Fulco, Catharyn T. Liverman, Editors; Committee on Injury Prevention and Control, Institute of Medicine

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309065666
ISBN 13 
9780309065665
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
336
Editor
Liverman Catharyn T., Fulco Carolyn E., Bonnie Richard J.