Injury prevention and public health practical knowledge, skills and strategies
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 f...
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Gaithersburg
Aspen Publications
©1999
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Add Tag | Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xxi, 402 pages illustrations 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780834208407 0834208407 |
Handbook of injury and violence prevention