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KINE 4565 Injuries to occupants of motor vehicles

KINE 4565 Injuries to occupants of motor vehicles. This week. Moving to injury-specific discussions Discussions will form a framework for the paper Student presentations. How do we approach injury prevention? . First we select a type of injury or a population at risk.

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KINE 4565 Injuries to occupants of motor vehicles

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  1. KINE 4565Injuries to occupants of motor vehicles

  2. This week • Moving to injury-specific discussions • Discussions will form a framework for the paper • Student presentations

  3. How do we approach injury prevention? • First we select a type of injury or a population at risk

  4. 2. What is the burden of injury • What is the burden of injury?-in a specific population (children, adults, poor people, poor countries) • -in other populations-in terms of the mortality rate, morbidity rate, hospitalizations, ED visits, time lost from activities, etc

  5. 3. What are the risk factors? • Think of the Haddon matrixAre there factors associated with: • -the individual (host) • -the agent-the environment? • Are the factors pre-event, event, or post-event

  6. 4. Modifiable risk factors • What is the potential for changing the risk factors? • E.g can change use of protective equipment, but not gender • How acceptable are the changes going to be?

  7. 5. Can they be modified using the 3 ‘Es” of injury prevention • Education: Let people know that something is associated with injury so they can change their behaviour • Engineering: Make products safer • Enforcement: Make laws that require people to comply

  8. 6. What is the evidence currently available? • Has it been researched and published? • Are the results similar across different studies? • Are the results generalizable? • What kind of study designs have been used? • Are there any analytic studies? • Have there been any randomized trials?

  9. 7. Pulling it all together • If you were put in charge of reducing this type of injury, what would you do? • Back it up with evidence • Highlight the gaps in the research

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