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School Safety Zone

Board of Directors
Susan DeFrancesco
Susan DeFrancesco, JD, MPH, MAT is Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences. She has over twenty years experience in injury prevention. Her work has primarily included research and practice related to childhood injury prevention, the development and implementation of injury prevention laws and policies, and...
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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
Motor Vehicle Injury

In 2004, motor vehicles in traffic crashes were the leading mechanism of injury death and falls were the leading mechanism of nonfatal injury. 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

Body Region

Extremity injuries accounted for the greatest proportion of injuries classified by body region ranging from 48% in hospitals to 50% in emergency departments to 63% reported in a household survey that asks about medically-attended 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


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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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