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Addressing health disparities using multiply imputed injury surveillance data

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Assessing disparities in injury is crucial for injury prevention and for evaluating injury prevention strategies, but efforts have been hampered by missing data.
Yang Liu, Amy F. Wolkin, Marcie-jo Kresnow, Thomas Schroeder   +3 more
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COVID-19-related violence trend data challenges & a resource for injury researchers

Injury Epidemiology, 2021
Published works have raised concerns that certain violent behaviors and firearm acquisition have encountered dramatic increases since the onset of COVID-19.
Hannah I. Rochford, Kaleb Brooks, Mark Berg, Cori Peek-Asa   +3 more
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Examining differences between mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System

Injury Epidemiology, 2021
Background Multi-victim homicides are a persistent public health problem confronting the United States. Previous research shows that homicide rates in the U.S.
Katherine A. Fowler, Rachel A. Leavitt, Carter J. Betz, Keming Yuan, Linda L. Dahlberg   +4 more
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Preventing injury in childhood [PDF]

BMJ, 2008
UK Child Safety Week will be launched by the Child Accident Prevention Trust on 23 June this year. Its aim is to raise awareness of childhood accidents and prevention strategies. Unintentional injury accounts for around one in five of all deaths in children and adolescents in the European Union with the highest injury rates occurring in Greece ...
Kirkwood, Graham, Pollock, Allyson
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Racial disparities in pedestrian-related injury hospitalizations in the United States

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Racial/ethnic disparity has been documented in a wide variety of health outcomes, and environmental components are contributors. For example, food deserts have been tied to obesity rates.
Cara Hamann, Corinne Peek-Asa, Brandon Butcher   +2 more
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Disability-friendly healthcare at public health facilities in Bangladesh: a mixed-method study to explore the existing situation

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Several strategies and policies are being implemented in Bangladesh to address the healthcare needs of people with disabilities, who comprise about 10% of the country’s total population.
Nawshin Torsha, Farah Naz Rahman, Md Shafkat Hossain, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Minjoon Kim, S. M. Mustafizur Rahman, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Aminur Rahman   +7 more
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Prevention Strategies of Traumatic Brain Injury in Football Players [PDF]

, 2019
In this project, we study the effects of the impact angle during a helmet-to-helmet collision on stress distribution and deacceleration values of the brain tissue in efforts to reduce brain injuries for football players.
Baxter, Gary, Chou, Shih-Feng, Dong, Neil X., Hall, Zachary   +3 more
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Timely linkage of individuals to substance use disorder treatment: development, implementation, and evaluation of FindHelpNowKY.org

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Substance use disorders (SUD) have steadily increased over the last two decades. Seeking SUD treatment involves searching SUD treatment facility types (inpatient, outpatient and intensive outpatient, residential and family residential, and ...
Terry Lee Bunn, Dana Quesinberry, Tyler Jennings, Amber Kizewski, Heather Jackson, Sarah McKee, Sarah Eustice   +6 more
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Domestic violence and abuse related emergency room visits in Ontario, Canada

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Hospitals’ emergency rooms (ERs) are generally the first point of contact of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) victims to the health care system.
Sonica Singhal, Sarah Orr, Harkirat Singh, Menaka Shanmuganantha, Heather Manson   +4 more
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The prevention of injuries in contact flag football [PDF]

, 2014
American flag football is a non-tackle, contact sport with many moderate to severe contact-type injuries reported. A previous prospective injury surveillance study by the authors revealed a high incidence of injuries to the fingers, face, knee, shoulder ...
Kaplan, Anthony, Myklebust, Grethe, Nyska, Meir, Palmanovich, Ezequiel, Victor, Jan, Witvrouw, Erik   +5 more
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