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Board of Directors
Cori Peek-Asa
Cori Peek-Asa, PhD, is a Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, Director of the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, and Director of the International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Training Program in Central Europe. Dr. Peek-Asa is an epidemiologist who specializes in the evaluation of injury prevention programs. She has funded studies evaluating prevention strategies...
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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
Location

In 2004-2005, half of all injury episodes occurred at home (either inside or outside). Streets, highways and parking lots as well as sports facilities and other recreation areas were equally likely (13% each) places for injury episodes to occur. 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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