Module 21 - Injury

Question 1

The 3 E’s of injury prevention

Answer 1

• Education
• Enforcement
• Engineering

Question 2

Education

Answer 2

information & skills

ex. Encouraging you to have a designated driver –> Public education

Question 3

Enforcement

Answer 3

Laws, policy

Ex. - Speed limit laws
- Drunk driving laws

Question 4

Engineering

Answer 4

Making things safer (regulations, standards)

• Ex. Engineer cars to make people safer
• Ex. Engineer roads and highways systems to be safter

Question 5

Primary prevention (before the event)

Answer 5

prevent the event that is causing the injury

• i.e. motor vehicle injuries, you want to prevent the crash
  ○ Ex. Rumple strips; lighting the roads;
  ○ Ex. Speed bumps; Laws to reduce speeds in areas (I.e. school zones)

Question 6

Secondary prevention (during the event)

Answer 6

Trying to mitigate the injury

• Ex. The crash has happened, but we are trying to prevent death and protect the person
  ○ Seat belt, airbags, design and engineering (crumple zone) to absorb the impact and protect the person

Question 7

Tertiary

Answer 7

treatment (after the event)

Question 8

Workplace injury prevention

Answer 8

1. elimination of the hazard (most effective)
2. admin controls to reduce workers’s exposure to the hazard
3. PPE for workers (least)

Question 9

T/F: At the workplace, injuries are rarely true accidents

Answer 9

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Question 10

The art and science of health equity research

Answer 10

Art: thinking outside the box, asking questions in creative ways, what is missing?

Science: apply sophisticated data to deep social problems & some up with an actionable answer (or more questions)