Reducing the Burden of Injury:

Advancing Prevention and Treatment

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Size: 336 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1999

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Richard J. Bonnie, Carolyn E. Fulco, Catharyn T. Liverman, Editors; Committee on Injury Prevention and Control, Institute of Medicine
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-17	(skim)
1 The Injury Field	18-40	(skim)
2 Magnitude and Cost	41-59	(skim)
3 Surveillance and Data	60-81	(skim)
4 Prevention Research	82-114	(skim)
5 Case Studies on Prevention	115-137	(skim)
6 Trauma Care	138-177	(skim)
7 State and Community Response	178-203	(skim)
8 Federal Response	204-257	(skim)
9 Challenges and Opportunities	258-270	(skim)
Appendix A: Acknowledgments	271-283	(skim)
Appendix B: Timeline	284-295	(skim)
Appendix C: Public Meeting Agenda	296-299	(skim)
Appendix D: Acronyms	300-304	(skim)
Index	305-319	(skim)

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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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