- Uniquely compiles primary case studies that identify, evaluate, and explicate best practices in the prevention of traumatic injury
- Offers proven prevention strategies as opportunities for adaptation, implementation, and improvement in the field of injury prevention
- Provides the traumatic injury prevention field with research-informed programs that capture a range of evidence for effective outcome-based policies and practices
- Includes cases that have been successfully implemented, evaluated, and scaled up by the Editor in partnership with public health practitioners in Ontario, Canada
This casebook profiles exceptional traumatic injury prevention programs from all over the globe. Its detailed description and analysis employ a multi-stage process of identifying, evaluating, and casing effective prevention practices. The case studies reflect how legislative and regulatory information impact prevention efforts and provide insight into how national centers for injury prevention and control inform prevention practices on countrywide levels. The authors work with outcome-based research criteria to select and develop their comprehensive and contextually aware profiles of the programs.
All included case studies follow the BRIO approach (Background, Resources, Implementation, and Outcome) – a model designed to provide a consistent way of describing programs that have been evaluated and found to be exceptional practices.
The scope of the Casebook ranges across:
- The challenge of traumatic injury prevention
- Sports and recreation-related traumatic injury prevention
- Fall-related traumatic injury prevention
- Road traffic-related traumatic injury prevention
- Traumatic injury prevention within complex systems
In its recognition of traumatic injury prevention across the lifespan as a critical and complex public health challenge, the
Casebook of Traumatic Injury Prevention promises to be an influential and authoritative resource for professionals and students in public health, safety, injury prevention, medicine, psychology, sociology, nursing, and engineering. Government agencies and institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health departments, and safety associations also would find the Casebook relevant to their work.
Table of ContentsThe Challenge of Traumatic Injury Prevention
Sports and Recreation-Related Traumatic Injury Prevention Programs- Overview of Sports and Recreation-Related Traumatic Injury Prevention Programs
- Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports
- Play It Cool: Hockey Safety
- RugbySmart
- SafeClub: An Effective Soccer Injury Prevention Program
- It Ain’t Brain Surgery: A Prevention Program for Snowboarders and Skiers
- Riding and Road Safety Test
- The 4-H Community ATV Safety Program
- Bike Safety and Awareness Program
- The National Program for Playground Safety
Fall-Related Traumatic Injury Prevention: Falls Across the Life-Span- Overview of Fall-Related Traumatic Injury Prevention: Falls Across the Lifespan
- Kids Can’t Fly: A Childhood Injury Prevention Program
- Fall Safe Project: West Virginia
- The Stay On Your Feet (SOYF) New South Wales Program
- Melbourne Extended Care and Rehabilitation Service Falls Prevention Project
- The Otago Exercise Program: A Home-Based, Individually Tailored Strength and Balance Retraining Program
Road Traffic-Related Traumatic Injury Prevention Programs- Overview of Road Traffic-Related Traumatic Injury Prevention Programs
- Vision Zero
- Black Spot Program: Australia
- External Vehicle Speed Control/Intelligent Speed Adaptation
- COMPASS Program
- Active and Safe Routes to School
- Graduated Driver Licensing: California Program
- DriveABLE Assessment Centers Inc.
- Alberta Ignition Interlock Program (IIP)
Traumatic Injury Prevention Programs Within Complex Systems- Overview of Traumatic Injury Prevention Programs Within Complex Systems
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- UCLA Parent-Child Health and Wellness Program: Prevention of Injuries by Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
- Indian Health Service Injury Prevention Program/US Department of Health and Human Services
- ThinkFirst Foundation Canada: A National Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program
- UCLA-Labor Occupational Safety Program: Youth Project
- MOREOB: Managing Obstetric Risk Efficiently: A Program for Patient Safety and High Reliability in Obstetrics
- Safe Babies New York: The Upstate New York Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) Education Program
- New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy
