While we were sleeping: success stories in injury and violence prevention

Guard, Anara

doi:10.1136/ip.2009.023465

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“…Past successes in other fields of injury prevention can be used as a guide for reducing and preventing injuries and deaths from firearms. Injuries have been shown to be preventable using comprehensive, multifaceted approaches 50–56 . The most apt guide for firearm injury prevention is the success seen in reducing motor vehicle crash deaths 6,50,52,53,55–58 .…”

Section: Scope Of the Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[50][51][52][53][54][55][56] The most apt guide for firearm injury prevention is the success seen in reducing motor vehicle crash deaths. 6,50,52,53,[55][56][57][58] Motor vehicle death rates per mile of driving have decreased by over 90% 58 over the past 50 years, all while the number of cars and miles driven has increased. 56 This success is due to multidisciplinary approaches to reducing motor vehicle crash injuries and deaths that included implementing a combination of behavioral (e.g., child car seats), engineering (e.g., collapsible safety columns, air bags), policy (e.g., primary seat belt laws, drunk driving legislation, licensing, speed limits, graduated drivers licenses), and cultural norm (e.g., Mothers Against Drunk Driving) interventions to reduce the burden of injuries and deaths.…”

Section: Injuries Are Preventablementioning

confidence: 99%

“…56 This success is due to multidisciplinary approaches to reducing motor vehicle crash injuries and deaths that included implementing a combination of behavioral (e.g., child car seats), engineering (e.g., collapsible safety columns, air bags), policy (e.g., primary seat belt laws, drunk driving legislation, licensing, speed limits, graduated drivers licenses), and cultural norm (e.g., Mothers Against Drunk Driving) interventions to reduce the burden of injuries and deaths. [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58] The application of scientific methods from multiple disciplines helped to spur this reduction in motor vehicle death rates while the number of cars and miles driven increased. Similar approaches are now being applied to the science of firearm injury prevention.…”

Section: Injuries Are Preventablementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Injuries have been shown to be preventable using comprehensive, multifaceted approaches. [50][51][52][53][54][55][56] The most apt guide for firearm injury prevention is the success seen in reducing motor vehicle crash deaths. 6,50,52,53,[55][56][57][58] Motor vehicle death rates per mile of driving have decreased by over 90% 58 over the past 50 years, all while the number of cars and miles driven has increased.…”

Section: Injuries Are Preventablementioning

confidence: 99%

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Challenges, Successes, and the Future of Firearm Injury Prevention

Roche¹,

Carter

Zeoli

et al. 2023

Milbank Quarterly

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Firearm injury is a leading cause of death in the United States, with fatality rates increasing 34.9% over the past decade (2010‐2020). Firearm injury is preventable through multifaceted evidence‐based approaches. Reviewing past challenges and successes in the field of firearm injury prevention can highlight the future directions needed in the field. Adequate funding, rigorous and comprehensive data availability and access, larger pools of diverse and scientifically trained researchers and practitioners, robust evidence‐based programming and policy implementation, and a reduction in stigma, polarization, and politicization of the science are all needed to move the field forward.

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Section: Injuries Are Preventablementioning

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Section: Injuries Are Preventablementioning

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Challenges, Successes, and the Future of Firearm Injury Prevention

Roche¹,

Carter

Zeoli

et al. 2023

Milbank Quarterly

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“…The public health approach to firearm injury uses a standard, four-step system that has been successfully applied to hundreds of disease outbreaks (Hemenway 2009) (Figure 1). It relies on scientists and community members working together to (1) measure patterns, (2) identify risk and protective factors and their relative importance for subgroups, (3) develop and evaluate interventions to prevent or treat the problem, and (4) scale up effective interventions (CDC 2020).…”

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Economics and Public Health: Two Perspectives on Firearm Injury Prevention

Glasser¹,

Pollack²,

Ranney³

et al. 2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Firearm injury is a major cause of death, disability, and other harms to community well-being across the U.S. Economics and public health offer two complementary perspectives to conceptualize gun violence and formulate strategies to mitigate related harms. Economics offers methods and procedures for tabulating costs of firearm injury and offers an explicit, albeit imperfect normative framework to evaluate proposed interventions. Economics’ focus on incentives, trade-offs, and resources constraints provides useful mechanisms for understanding illegal firearm markets and firearm use that can inform crime reduction efforts. Public health methods and interventions help to measure patterns of illness and disease, identify risks and protective factors, and inform prevention efforts for the most vulnerable individuals and communities. Public health also focuses attention on social determinants and structural factors in designing and evaluating interventions to prevent, address, and mitigate the consequences of gun violence.

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Audit of animal‐related injuries at UK veterinary schools between 2009 and 2018

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BackgroundAnimal‐related injuries pose a significant risk to the veterinary profession. This study aimed to describe the incidence, demographics, context and consequences of animal‐related injuries at UK veterinary schools.MethodsA multicentre audit of accident records (2009–2018) across five UK veterinary schools was performed. Injury rates were stratified by school, demographics and species. The context and cause of the injury were described. Multivariable logistic models explored factors associated with medical treatment, hospital visits and time off work.ResultsAn annual rate of 2.60 (95% confidence interval 2.48–2.72) injuries per 100 graduating students was calculated, varying between veterinary schools. Injuries were more frequently recorded in staff than students, and there were significant differences between staff and students in the activities performed preceding injury. Cats and dogs were associated with the highest number of reported injuries. However, injuries associated with cattle and horses were the most severe, with significantly higher hospital attendances and more time off work taken.LimitationsData were based on reported injuries and likely underestimate the true injury rate. The population at risk was hard to quantify as population size and exposure were variable.ConclusionFurther research is recommended to explore the clinical and workplace management, including recording culture, of animal‐related injuries among veterinary professionals.

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While we were sleeping: success stories in injury and violence prevention

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Challenges, Successes, and the Future of Firearm Injury Prevention

Challenges, Successes, and the Future of Firearm Injury Prevention

Economics and Public Health: Two Perspectives on Firearm Injury Prevention

Audit of animal‐related injuries at UK veterinary schools between 2009 and 2018

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