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Michael J. Mello
Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH is Director of the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Community Health, Co-Director of Community Health Clerkship at the Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, and a practicing emergency medicine physician with University Emergency Medicine Foundation. Dr. Mello obtained a BA from Boston University...
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Centers
Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas
Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas (IPC) The Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas (IPC) was founded in 1994 after representatives from several Dallas hospital emergency departments assembled to discuss a 38% increase in emergency department admissions as a result of traumatic injury. In addressing this issue, the panel recommended the development of an injury prevention center focused...
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Facts
Neurological Injury

Over a quarter of injury deaths involved injuries to the head and neck. Nine of ten head and neck injuries were classified as traumatic brain injuries. 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

Gender Disparity

In 2004-2005, men had higher injury hospital discharge rates than women did for all age groups up to 65 years of age and over. The disparity was most pronounced for young people 15-24 years of age, with the rate for young men 2.1 times that for young women. 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

Shannon Frattaroli, Nathan Yee, Keshia M. Pollack, et al.
December 2009 Issue

Michael J. Mello and Corinne Peek-Asa
October 2009 Issue

Help put 'Injury" Prevention and Care back into Healthcare Reform
August 2009 Issue

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

 

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