An Urgent Call to Action in Support of Injury Control Research Centers

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• Personal Author:
  Costich J ; Cunningham RM ; Gielen AC ; Hargarten S ; Hemenway D ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Runyan, Carol W.
• Description:
  Injury, including unintentional injury and violence, is the third-leading cause of death in the U.S., disproportionately affecting lower-income and minority populations. Lifetime costs for U.S. injuries occurring in 1 year alone (2000) totaled $406 billion, with medical expenditures in just 1 year (2006) of $68.1 billion, exceeded only by heart disease expenditures at $78 billion. Globally, injury is responsible for 9.8% of the world's recorded mortality annually, killing an estimated 5 million people, as many deaths as malaria, TB, and HIV combined. This burden persists despite evidence that support for injury research and its translation into effective policies and programs can result in injury reduction and improved health outcomes. This essay draws on several IOM reports to argue for an increase in the investment in injury control research centers as a mechanism to accelerate progress in the field. The authors were prompted to write this as a result of the reduction in injury control research centers from 13 to 11 in the 2009 funding cycle. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Economics Minority Health Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Safety Violence
• Keywords:
  Control Systems Cost Estimates Costs Economic Impact Fatalities Global Health Humans Injuries Injury Prevention Intervention Medical Research Medical Services Minority Health Mortality Data Policy Public Health Safety Research Translational Research

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• ISSN:
  0749-3797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Kentucky ; Maryland ; Massachusetts ; Michigan ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  89-92
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062557
• Citation:
  Am J Prev Med 2010 Jul; 39(1):89-92
• Contact Point Address:
  Carol W. Runyan, PhD, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 137 East Franklin Street, Suite 500, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505
• Email:
  carol_runyan@unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c3911ef7013ef750d5ec4d4d88c8f951e5794fe40c265cfeb23305f618e4e7b3c1eed3d5339d02ec51195e05c908ffccefc510fe7fd5413d296923a5a660304
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225776/cdc_225776_DS1.pdf
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