Injury and Public Health Flashcards
injury
can be intention or unintentional; THEY ARE NOT ACCIDENTS
injuries are influenced by
a person’s behavior and physical and social environments= combines institutional and community
unintentional injuries is the third leading cause…
for all Americans
unintentional injuries is the leading cause of death…
for Americans ages 1-44
Not everyone is at the same risk for injury
race, gender, SES, neighborhood, and other factors
Primary level
preventing illness or injury before it ever occurs
Secondary level
detecting illness at its earliest stage to prevent progression to serious disease
Tertiary level
when condition is present and the goal is to prevent death of further disability
epidemiological model
host, environment, agent: indicate points for intervention
Haddon Matrix
a tool to conceptualize injury prevention at multiple levels at multiple intervention points
Occupational injury death
safety in the workplace in the last century
The Molasses Flood Consequences
- class action lawsuit
- policies that engineers and architects need to approved plans and conduct inspections on buildings and commercial structures
- engineers needed to be qualified changes in policy
Decreases in work- related injury
-basic laws on child labor, workplace exposure, legal liability, nature of work, regulation/ enforcement
Poisoning (opioids, alcohol, and other substances)
men are more likely to die
Disparities with Poisoning
- black people more likely to die from overdose than white people
- native american people are at the highest risk
