Injury prevention and public health : practical knowledge, skills, and strategies

Author(s)

• Christoffel, Tom
• Gallagher, Susan Scavo

Bibliographic Information

Injury prevention and public health : practical knowledge, skills, and strategies

Tom Christoffel, Susan Scavo Gallagher

Aspen Publishers, c1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text provides students with the practical skills and strategies necessary to effectively plan, promote, implement, and operate effective public health injury prevention programs. The prevention of unintentional injuries, especially childhood and adolescent injuries, is emphasized as the major focus of public health agency injury prevention efforts. (Injury ranks third among causes of death overall, and it constitutes the second most costly health problem in the U.S., after heart disease.)

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Details

• NCID: BA42799145
• ISBN:
  • 0834208407
• LCCN: 98049329
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Gaithersburg, Md.
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 402 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RD93
  • DC21 : 617.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wounds and injuries -- Prevention
  • LCSH : Accidents -- Prevention
  • LCSH : Personal injuries -- Prevention