TY - JOUR T1 - Jolted into action: untoward crises as catalysts for sustained improvement of public health JF - Injury Prevention JO - Inj Prev SP - 214 LP - 214 DO - 10.1136/ip.2009.025676 VL - 16 IS - 3 AU - Tony H Reinhardt-Rutland Y1 - 2010/06/01 UR - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/3/214.1.abstract N2 - Untoward crises can precipitate change in public health. For example, clean-air legislation in 1950s Britain followed the escalating costs associated with coal-based industries, notably the steam-operated railways.1 Public health improved as moribund industries were reformed.However, such opportunities can be squandered. In the 1970s, massive increases in … ER -