PPT-Cultural and Social Issues in Injury Prevention: Developing

Maria Veronica Svetaz MD MPH 5 th Annual MN Childhood Injury Summit Workshop Objectives For our diverse communities basic needs for food shelter protection from violence and prevention of selfharm may be paramount . To accomplish its mission CDC identifies and defines preventable health problems and maintains active surveillance of diseases through epidemiologic and laboratory investigations and data collection analysis and distribution se rves as the PHS lead Determinants of . Injury. 1. This presentation was developed into . a . workshop format by the . Atlantic Collaborative on Injury Prevention for . Understanding the Injury Prevention Resource and Learning Needs of CAPC/CPNP. Presenter’s Name. Presenter’s Command. Local Contact Information. Prepared by:. U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil. Oct 2003. Prevention of cold injuries is a Command and Individual Responsibility. Where to from here?. Felicity . Lamm. http://ohsnet.org.nz/. Introduction. One way in which countries can be judged as to their level of sophistication over human rights is the way in which labour is treated & afforded state protection.. What injuries are we talking about?. Injuries can be . intentional. meaning self-inflicted or inflicted by another person, or . unintentional. , what we have traditionally labelled “accidents”.. What is culture?. Culture. - all of the shared products of human groups - - . products people create. Material culture. – physical objects that people create (cars, clothes, books, buildings). Nonmaterial culture . It’s Worth the Investment. Why is injury prevention important?. Injuries claim the lives of 15,866 Canadians each year. 5,785 lives lost each year in Ontario alone. Many injuries are preventable. In 2011, there would have been 200,000 fewer injuries due to leisure, recreation or other non-work related activities in Ontario. What is . C. ulture?. Shared set of customs, beliefs, and experiences. Learned. Can be passed on/transmitted. Can be “unlearned”. Everyone has a culture. “Who . A. re You?” Activity. Find a partner.. Presenter’s Name. Presenter’s Command. Local Contact Information. Prepared by:. U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil. Oct 2003. Prevention of cold injuries is a Command and Individual Responsibility. . Esther Velásquez, ScD, MSW, MPH. Social Epidemiologist & Public Health Social Worker. Identify Learning . Objectives. At the end of this presentation, the students will be able to . Appreciate national context for prevention. Prioritize IP activities based upon data (CD18-1). Trauma Registry. Epidemiology – several sources. Coroner data. CDC data – state or regional. Local and State Health Department. Other. NEW. for Levels III and IV Trauma Centers. Here’s a question...... If you could change the world, what would you do? Hands up!. How many different things did the class suggest?. All the items mentioned are what we call . social issues.. Do you think if the same question had been asked in an American class room then the list of things would be the same, what about in an African country?. Robert M. Bossarte, PhD. Director, Injury Control Research Center. Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry. Injury Control Research Center. One of ten academic centers of excellence funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. Tennessee . Data: Suicide . Prevention. 945 reported suicide deaths in 2014. Suicide rate at 14.0 per 100,000—dropped by 7.3% since 2013 (not statistically significant). National suicide rate for 2014: 12.9 per 100,000.