I should know better! I do know better! I complain when non-Canadians assume Montreal is only a few miles from Vancouver. I should not be so smug: Dunedin is NOT Auckland! My sincere apologies. In Injury Prevention, February 2011 the Global News Highlights section included the sentence “Hank Weiss is his successor as Director of […]
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More on drowning prevention: from the Am Acad Pediatrics
In its new policy, the AAP restates that most children age 4 and older should learn to swim, but it is now more open toward classes for younger children. This reversal is based on new evidence shows that children ages 1 to 4 may be less likely to drown if they have had formal swimming […]
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Launches Teen Driving Website
The indefatiguable Flaura Winston has another initiative@ The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute has launched an award-winning website with research-based information and tools created to help teens stay safe on the road (www.teendriverssource.org). The site includes educational resources, statistics, facts, and more to help users. Over […]
Pool safety statement from Safe Kids New Zealand
Drowning in swimming pools is a significant cause of preventable deaths and hospitalisations among children in New Zealand. 61% of those who drown in home swimming pools in New Zealand are under 5. Much evidence shows that completely enclosing a swimming pool with four sided fencing and isolating it from the home is the most […]
News from Brazil – car safety
Two interesting, off-beat items submitted by Danilo Blank from Brazil that did not make the cut for News and Nots […]
IP People in the News
Louis Francescutti, elected President of Royal College. The official announcement reads: “The Royal College is pleased to announce that Louis Hugo Francescutti, MD, PhD, MPH, FRCPC, FACPM, CCFP officially became the 41st president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada on October 18. The University of Alberta professor, emergency room / preventive […]
Injury v. Accident: Google N-gram Viewer (2)
Many thanks to Brian for calling terminology buffs’ attention to this really catchy Google Books Ngram Viewer. But as far as injury terminology goes, I do not think those graphs quite settle the question; the matter certainly deserves a harder look. First, the true science of injury control actually started out in the sixties, so […]
Media sightings
Brian Johnston and Flaura Winston were both quoted in a New York Times article appearing this past summer. Brian’s views on injury proneness were reported alongside Flaura’s regarding the risk of injury to a sibling following a sib injury. Brian postulated that this might involve ‘post-traumatic arousal’ (a component of PSTD) that increases vulnerability. Flaura […]