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Appendix B: Timeline
Appendix B: Timeline
Pages 284-295
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Maryland is the first state to introduce mandatory car inspections. National Firearms Act regulates the sale of fully automatic weapons, silencers, sawed-off shotguns, and other"gangster-type weapons." Godfrey publishes one of the first statements on the need for public health involvement in accident prevention in the American Journal of Public Health.
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W.K. Kellogg Foundation awards 3- to 6-year home accident prevention demonstration projects to 10 states First conference on home accident prevention is held at University of Michigan, School of Public Health; sponsors include National Safety Council, APHA, U.S.
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APHA surveys 1,556 state, local, and provincial health departments to assess the scope and effectiveness of health department programs in accident prevention; 33 state, 3 provincial, and 296 local health departments report having an accident prevention program; 62 report a full-time position in place for public health safety. Accident Prevention Program is initiated by the U.S.
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. National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act establishes the National Highway Safety Bureau (later, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA]
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Final Report on the National Commission on Product Safety is released. Consumer Product Safety Act establishes the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Division of Maternal and Child Health funds injury prevention projects in Massachusetts, Virginia, and California for 3 years, including the first statewide comprehensive injury prevention program effort based in a state health agency. Surgeon General issues the first national agenda for health promotion and disease prevention, Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, which identifies the reduction of injuries as a major preventive health goal.
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Surgeon General's Workshop on Violence and Public Health is held in Leesburg, Virginia. Injury Prevention Act places an injury control program at CDC; Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control is established in the CDC Center for Environmental Health.
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Second National Injury Control Conference, sponsored by CDC and NHTSA, is held in San Antonio, Texas. Harvard Childhood Injury Prevention Resource Center survey report Injury Prevention Programs in State Health Departments is published.
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First International Conference on Safe Communities, Safecomm-91, is held in Falkoping, Sweden, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO)
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becomes the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General releases its report, injury Control.
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International Conference on Bicycle Helmet Initiatives is held in Melbourne, Australia Third International Conference on Injury Prevention and Control is held in Melbourne, Australia. NRC publishes Understanding Violence Against Women.
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Domestic Violence Offenders Gun Ban is passed, which prohibits gun purchase by individuals convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor. Fourth National Injury Control Conference Safe America is held in Washington, D.C.
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