A Compendium of Effective, Evidence-Based Best Practices in the Prevention of Neurotrauma /

Every year, thousands of people suffer unintentional neurotrauma injuries due to motor vehicle accidents, sports and playground injuries, and farm and occupational injuries. Although injury reduction targets have been established and indicators have been developed to measure progress in prevention,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Volpe, Richard
Otros Autores: Batra, Angela, 1974-, Lewko, John, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Accidents > Prevention.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.
Systeme nerveux > Lesions et blessures > Prevention.
Program Evaluation
Accident Prevention
Brain Injuries > prevention & control
Nervous system > Wounds and injuries > Prevention.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Aims of project ; Facets of unintentional injury prevention ; Unintentional head and spinal cord injuries across the lifespan ; Evaluation framework and the BRIO case study model ; Methodology ; Implementation of best practices survey ; Summary of criteria ; Prologue to the case studies. Case studies. Prevention of asphyxiation-related injuries : Best practices: Pool fencing: effectiveness of legislation and education
  • Prevention of motor and other road vehicle-related injuries : Best practices: Red light camera enforcement ; Roundabouts ; Rumblestrips ; Child Pedestrian Injury Prevention Project (CPIPP) ; RoadWise: a Manitoba Public Insurance safety campaign ; SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A : Promising practices: Retro-reflective clothing ; Intelligent traffic signals for pedestrian detection ; SAFE KIDS Buckle Up: a National SAFE KIDS Campaign project ; The PARTY program ; HEROES
  • Prevention of sports, playground, and recreation-related injuries : Best practices: Bicycle helmets: educational and legislative intervention to increase use in Victoria, Australia ; Snowmobile Trail Officer Patrol Program (STOP) : Promising practices: The varsity athlete concussion research project ; Fair-play rules in youth ice hockey ; The National Action Plan for the Prevention of Playground Injuries
  • Prevention of farm-related and occupational injuries : Best practices: Tractor Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS) rebate scheme.

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