INJURIES
The nine chapters of this book discuss the various aspects of injuries and injury control. The first chapter covers the scope of injuries as public health and research problems and focuses on the incidence and severity of injuries, fatal injuries, costs of injuries and the researching of injuries. The use and misuse of data are also discussed. The second chapter on the characteristics of agents and vehicles of injury and the third chapter on human vectors and hosts discuss essential evidence from the physical and behavioral sciences respectively. The fourth chapter discusses injury control options. Chapter 5 (control strategies: educating and persuading individuals) considers behavioral theories of injury control. Chapter 6 defines how and what may be done to achieve injury control through rules and sanctions for changing individual behavior. Chapter 7 notes some of the advantages for injury control of built-in and controlled elements in the environment. The costs and benefits and benefit-cost analysis of injury control and public policy are discussed in Chapter 8. Chapter 9 discusses the values, politics and the future of injury control.
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Corporate Authors:
Lexington Books
4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200
Lanham, MD United States 20706 -
Authors:
- Robertson, L S
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 219 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Benefit cost analysis; Costs; Crashes; Education; Fatalities; Injuries; Injury severity; Laws; Politics; Public health; Public policy; Research; Social values; Traffic crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Severity
- Old TRIS Terms: Community values
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00390464
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 964
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM