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New Book by David Hemenway
David Hemenway's new book While You Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention (2009) published by the University of California Press describes more than sixty successes, and over thirty heroes who have made the world safer. This readable book helps answer the questions “What is public health?” and “What is the public health approach?” Read more about the book and David Hemenway's blog here: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/hicrc/success-stories/index.html Purchase the book here: http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/11163.php...
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Dawn Comstock
Dawn Comstock is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and College of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology.  She has experience working in public health at both the national and state level as well as in academia.  She has co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed...
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Centers
University of Michigan Injury Research Center
The University of Michigan Injury Research Center (UMIRC) was established in July, 1997. The center is based in the Department of Emergency Medicine and is comprised of core and associate faculty from the Departments of Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Pediatrics and communicable diseases. UMIRC is engaged in epidemiologic and clinical research. Current research addresses both...
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The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)
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The Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) is a professional organization that provides leadership and fosters excellence in the science of preventing and treating injury and violence.  These aims are achieved through our Committees, Councils, member activities in research, research dissemination, program development, conferences, education and training.

SAVIR seeks to:
  • Help unify, organize, and create a visible identity for researchers working across the many disciplines involved in injury and violence research;
  • Promote professional development and networking for injury and violence researchers;
  • Improve the teaching and mentoring of the next generation of injury researchers; Maintain and promote strong links between the scientific, academic, public health and medical communities working in the field;
  • Coordinate exchanges between researchers and practitioners and policymakers;
  • Advocate for evidence-based injury and violence prevention programs;
  • Advocate for increased funding for injury and violence research;
  • Advance global injury prevention and response by partnering with injury researchers in developing and developed countries. 

SAVIR's Official Journal is Injury Prevention, a member of the BMJ Publishing Group.

Facts
Diagnosis Types

In 2004-2005, fractures were the leading diagnosis for hospital discharges for injury accounting for 53% of all injuries, followed by system-wide injuries (16%), and internal organ injuries (12%). Source: CDC/NCHS, Bergen G,Chen LH, Warner M, Fingerhut LA. Injury in the United States: 2007. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008

Urban/Rural

Death rates from unintentional injuries and suicides are highest in the most rural counties while homicide rates are highest in the most urban counties. Source: CDC/NCHS, Bergen G,Chen LH, Warner M, Fingerhut LA. Injury in the United States: 2007. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008

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From SAVIR in Injury Prevention

Child Injury around the World: a Global Research Agenda for Child Injury Prevention
June 2009 Issue

Core Competencies for Injury and  Violence Prevention
April 2009 Issue

Translating Research into Practice:  Resources Available, Researchers Needed!
December 2008 Issue

 

SAVIR's Injury Prevention Articles Archives