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Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment
American National Standards Institute, 218
American Pediatric Surgical Association, 142
American Public Health Association, 31 , 179 , 194
American School Health Association, 179
American Society for Criminology, 130
American Trauma Society, 21
Anatomic Profile, 153
Antilock brakes, 123
Apoptosis, 99
ASCOT, 154
Assaultive injuries, 24 , 29 , 86 , 88 , 89
prevention, 8 , 91 , 92 , 94 , 132 , 238
research, 89-90 , 129
Auto insurance, 91 , 163
Aviation safety, 95-96
Baby Safety Showers, 214
Basic Injury Program Development, 189
Behavioral adaptation to safety improvements, 100-101 , 122 , 215
Behavioral interventions, 32-33
incentives and deterrence, 91-92 , 95
self-protection, 92
targeting high-risk groups, 92 , 128 , 133
Behavioral research, 6 , 91 , 99-101 , 119-120 , 128 , 130 , 208
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 67
Biases in data, 48
Bicycle helmets, 84-85 , 87 , 92 , 102 , 122 , 189 , 190 , 198 , 215 , 241 , 242
Biofidelic models, 98
Biological sciences, research in, 99 , 128 , 130
Biomechanics, 20 , 32
interventions, 96 , 179 , 208
research, 6 , 96-98 , 99 , 106 , 119 , 129 , 130 , 208 , 211 , 244 , 245 , 247 -248
Biomedical engineering, 185
Blood alcohol level (BAL) laws, 35 , 36 , 103 , 209
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 127
Brain and spinal cord injury, 96-97 , 99 , 119 , 122 , 151 , 155 , 157 , 158 , 184 , 187 , 189 , 228 , 231 , 241 , 243 , 245
Brain Injury Association (BIA), 184 , 199
Buckle Up America!, 209
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 126 , 127 , 207
Project LEAD, 125
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 207
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 66 , 207 , 221 , 222
Bureau of Mines, 223
Bureau of the Census, 69
California, injury prevention plan, 187-188
California Wellness Foundation, 184
Canada
motor vehicle safety, 123
trauma care, 142 , 151
Carbon monoxide in cooking gas, 26 , 87-88
Carnegie Corporation of New York, 232
Case-control studies, 6 , 102 , 103
Case-crossover studies, 102-103
Case mix, 152-154
Case studies
defined, 103
firearm injuries, 124-135
misuse of, 103
motor vehicle injuries, 115-124
Cause of injury
behavioral research, 101
biomechanics research, 96
E codes, 63-64 , 65
economic costs by, 54
mortality rates by, 42-43 , 47 , 54 , 132
patterns of injury by, 52
phases, 22 , 29 , 30
years of potential life lost by, 53 , 54
Census of Agriculture, 69
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 53 , 66 , 72 , 221
Center on Children and the Law, 75
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, 197 n.3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19 , 103 , 189 n.2, 223 , 240
conferences, 31
injury control research centers, 2 , 20 , 24 , 31 , 227 , 249
injury focus, 206 , 239
leadership role, 12 , 251 , 261
surveillance systems, 67 , 73 , 125 , 147
trauma care funding, 160
violence prevention, 236
Child protective services, 182
Child safety, 21
biomechanical research, 97 , 98
child-resistant packaging, 84 , 101 , 215
cigarette lighter standards, 93 , 215
evaluation of programs, 198
gun safe-storage laws, 127 , 132
home visits for first-time mothers, 26 , 84 , 90 , 92
playground safety, 85 , 232 , 241
seat restraints in motor vehicles, 91-92 , 95 , 119 , 120 , 179 , 190
state and local initiatives, 182 , 185 , 191 , 192 , 193
surveillance systems, 68 , 75
Children.
See also Age
agricultural injuries, 227
arrests for weapons offenses, 133