A report in the Toronto Star notes that vulnerable road users are less well protected than our politicians would have us believe. According to a new WHO report Canada is now at the “ back of the pack when it comes to policies aimed at protecting vulnerable road user”. The report states that 77 per […]
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Hot water scalds – a horrific injury that can be prevented
Hot water scalds are horrific injuries, and heartbreakingly this is an injury that is commonly sustained by young children. This topic is particularly close to my heart, as many years ago my infant cousin was hospitalised after his older siblings knocked a saucepan of boiling water off the stove-top and it splashed all over his back. […]
The gun debate and domestic violence
A controversial article pertains to two themes highlighted in Injury Prevention blogs this year – violence against women and gun ownership. On March 17, the New York Times published the article “In Some States, Gun Rights Trump Orders of Protection”, with reporting contributed by Griff Palmer and research contributed by Kristen Millares Young and Jack Styczynski. The lengthy article cites […]
People in the news: Mark Rosenberg receives award
“Dr. Mark Rosenberg, president and CEO of the Task Force for Global Health, is being honored by Research!America, for his ground-breaking research in advancing injury prevention and road safety. Rosenberg will receive the 2013 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership for reframing the concept that road traffic crashes are not accidents. The award […]
Should the NHL Mandate Visors?
The ongoing debate regarding whether visors should be mandatory safety equipment in the National Hockey League (NHL) is likely to get some renewed attention after one of the league’s players, Rangers’ Marc Staal, suffered a serious eye injury in a recent game. Warning: don’t watch the video if you are squeamish. http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/eye-injury-to-ranger-raises-issue-of-helmet-visors-again/?src=xps Visors are currently optional […]
New Blog Editor
Hello everyone, My name is Greg Tung and I am the new senior blog editor for IP. I am also a new Assistant Professor in the Colorado School of Public Health where I am affiliated with the Health Systems, Management, and Policy Department and the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education and Research Program. Just writing to […]
Combining technologies helps us understand the risk
Researchers in Canada have combined two technologies – driving simulation and functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain – to identify the parts of the brain involved in a variety of real-world driving maneuvers. Minimal brain activation was found during simple driving tasks such as turning right (in the US, turning left in Australia), consistent with the ‘automation’ […]
Child Safety Strategies – A NICE evidence update
Michael Watson, from the Univ of Nottingham, kindly sent this information to the blog: In February an Evidence Update was produced by the English National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The document provides a summary of new evidence from around the world relevant to strategies to prevent unintentional injuries among children and young […]
Job Opportunity: Faculty Position in Violence Epidemiology (USA; California)
The University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking to fill a faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor in Residence Level. The focus of this position is on the design and execution of large-scale observational and experimental research into violence and its prevention. This faculty member will serve […]
At last: a serious response to reducing speeds
I have often asserted that the single most effective preventive measure for reducing motor vehicle injuries is reducing speed. A report in USA Today describes a movement in the UK to this end. It seems appropriate that it comes from the UK because that was where I first found convincing evidence of how effective it could […]