Design and implementation of injury prevention curricula for elementary schools: lessons learned

R Azeredo, S Stephens-Stidham - Injury prevention, 2003 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Objectives: Project objectives were to:(1) design and produce an easy-to-use, replicable
comprehensive injury prevention curriculum for elementary schools;(2) pilot the program to …

Preventing deaths and injuries from house fires: an outcome evaluation of a community-based smoke alarm installation programme

GR Istre, MA McCoy, BJ Moore, C Roper… - Injury …, 2014 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Few studies have examined the impact of community-based smoke alarm (SA)
distribution programmes on the occurrence of house fire-related deaths and injuries (HF …

Preventing deaths and injuries from house fires: a cost–benefit analysis of a community-based smoke alarm installation programme

MA Yellman, C Peterson, MA McCoy… - Injury …, 2018 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Operation Installation (OI), a community-based smoke alarm installation
programme in Dallas, Texas, targets houses in high-risk urban census tracts. Residents of …

Core competencies for injury and violence prevention

T Songer, S Stephens-Stidham… - … journal of public …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Efforts to reduce the burden of injury and violence require a workforce that is knowledgeable
and skilled in prevention. However, there has been no systematic process to ensure that …

Improving infrastructure for injury control: a call for policy action

CW Runyan, A Villaveces… - Injury …, 2008 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Arguing in this journal that injury and violence are important public health problems is surely
preaching to the choir. What is perhaps less obvious is the issue of how well prepared public …

Truancy and injury-related mortality

A Bailey, GR Istre, C Nie, J Evans… - Injury …, 2015 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Truancy has well-documented short-term and long-term consequences, but there are few
studies that look at its impact on injury-related mortality. This study evaluated the rate of …

How long do smoke alarms function? A cross-sectional follow-up survey of a smoke alarm installation programme

MA McCoy, C Roper, E Campa… - Injury …, 2014 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Objective To assess the functionality of lithium-powered smoke alarms that had been
installed through a community-based programme called Operation Installation (OI). Methods …

Evaluation of give kids a boost: A school-based program to increase booster seat use among urban children in economically disadvantaged areas

MA Yellman, MA Rodriguez, MI Colunga… - Traffic injury …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a series of 1-year multifaceted school-
based programs aimed at increasing booster seat use among urban children 4–7 years of …

Impact of errors in age estimates on the classification of proper child occupant restraint use: an observational survey

C Nie, I Colunga, M McCoy… - Injury …, 2013 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Proper classification of child occupant restraint use is dependent on the age of
the child occupant. Observations of vehicle restraint use involve estimating child age. If …

Core competencies for injury and violence prevention

CW Runyan, SS Stidham - Injury prevention, 2009 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
In 2000, the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors' Association (STIPDA) and the
National Association of Injury Control Research Centers (NAICRC), later reorganized to form …