Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
SECTION I THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM OF INJURY
Introduction
Rod McClure (Injury Prevention and Control, Australia), Mark Stevenson (University of Sydney), and Suzanne McEvoy (University of Sydney)
Chapter 1 An historical perspective
John Pearn (University of Queensland), James Nixon (University of Queensland), and Ian Scott (independent consultant on injury prevention)
Chapter 2 The burden of injury
Tim Driscoll (University of Sydney), James Harrison (Flinders University), and John Langley (University of Otago)
Chapter 3 The rationale for prevention
Mark Stevenson, Shanthi Ameratunga (University of Auckland), and Rod McClure
SECTION II MEASUREMENT AND CLASSIFICATION
Introduction
Suzanne McEvoy
Chapter 4 Injury classification systems
Sue Walker (Queensland University of Technology) and Suzanne McEvoy
Chapter 5 Trauma scoring systems
Suzanne McEvoy and Sue Walker
Chapter 6 Injury and disability outcome measurement
Pim Kuipers (University of Queensland), Michele Foster (Griffith University), and Catherine Sykes (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
Chapter 7 Injury surveillance
Tim Driscoll, James Harrison, and John Langley
Chapter 8 The quality of numbers
Philip Schluter (University of Queensland)
SECTION III RISK FACTOR IDENTIFICATION
Introduction
Mark Stevenson and Rod McClure
Chapter 9 Risk factor identification: the role of epidemiology
Jennie Connor (University of Auckland)
Chapter 10 Risk factor identification: the role of biomechanics
Andrew McIntosh (University of New South Wales)
Chapter 11 Risk factor identification: the role of ergonomics
Robin Burgess-Limerick (University of Queensland) and Roxanne Egeskov (Workplace Health and Safety, Queensland)
SECTION IV INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
Rod McClure, Mark Stevenson, and Suzanne McEvoy
Chapter 12 Developing injury interventions: the role of epidemiology
Shanthi Ameratunga
Chapter 13 Developing injury interventions: the role of biomechanics
Andrew McIntosh
Chapter 14 Developing injury interventions: the role of behavioural science
David Sleet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and Andrea Carlson Gielen (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Chapter 15 Trauma systems
Matthias Traub (University of Sydney) and Daniel Cass (University of Sydney)
Chapter 16 Population issues in rehabilitation
Ian Cameron (University of Sydney)
SECTION V PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
Introduction
Peter Howat (Curtin University of Technology), Donna Cross (Edith Cowan University), and David Sleet
Chapter 17 Making policy
Michele Foster, Rebecca Mitchell (New South Wales Health Department), and Rod McClure
Chapter 18 Laws and rule-making
Ian Scott
Chapter 19 Advocacy
Rob Pitt (Mater Children's Hospital) and Dawn Spinks (Queensland Safe Communities Support Centre)
Chapter 20 Social marketing
Nadine Henley (Edith Cowan University)
Chapter 21 Behaviour change programs
Lisa Buckley and Mary Sheehan (both Queensland University of Technology)
Chapter 22 Community-based injury prevention programs
Carolyn Coggan and Sara Bennett (both University of Auckland)
Chapter 23 Program evaluation
Cathy Turner (University of Queensland) and Rod McClure
Chapter 24 Economic evaluation
Delia Hendrie (University of Western Australia) and Ted Miller (Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation)
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