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Shannon Frattaroli
    Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Core Faculty, Center for Injury Research and Policy, JHBSPH, Core Faculty, Center for Gun Policy and Research, JHBSPH.     Shannon’s research and teaching focuses on policy and program interventions to reduce injury.  She...
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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 unintentional...
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Facts
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

Ethnicity

In 2004-2005 among people under 25 years of age, non-Hispanic whites had higher injury episode rates than did Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks. For those aged 25-64 years, injury episode rates for non-Hispanic whites and for non-Hispanic blacks were similar, and were higher than rates for Hispanics. Source: CDC/NCHS, Injury in the United States, 2007 (in press).


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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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