PUBHLTH 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Motorcycle Helmet, Sick Leave

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To de(cid:272)rease the (cid:271)urde(cid:374) of u(cid:374)i(cid:374)te(cid:374)tio(cid:374)al i(cid:374)juries, we (cid:373)ust : raise awareness about applying prevention methods, design effective prevention and control activities, develop programs to analyze injury data. Injury an act that damages, harms, or injures the body. What are the types of injuries: group 1 injuries: communicable, maternal, and neonatal, group 2 injuries: noncommunicable, unintentional injuries: without evidence of predetermined intent. Globally, unintentional injuries contribute more to dalys than deaths: largest impact on low-middle income countries, death more likely in men. Leading contributions to death/dalys: road injury, falls, drowning/fires, poisoning. Majority of injuries lead to disabilities, not death. Developmental immaturity: susceptibility of injury does not decrease with age. Influence of poverty in family: low-income children likely to be poisoned. Exposure to dangerous environments: low-income, poor housing, and crowded living are risk factors for burns. Direct costs: medical care, hospitalization, rehabilitation, funeral fees. Indirect costs: loss of wages, sick leave from work, disability payments.

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