Quiz 2

List the ways in which injuries are costly to society and quantify the costs in terms of the United States.

$671 billion $214 billion for fatal injuries and $457 for nonfatal injuries

Characterize injuries from the following activities by time—motor vehicle driving, swimming, and heating the home. How does alcohol consumption contribute to unintentional injuries?

31% of car crashes involve alcohol Half of swimming deaths has alcohol

What types of injuries are most likely to occur in the home, and in which rooms are they most likely to occur?

85% of poisonings occurs in a home 64% of falls occur in a home Stairways, bathrooms, garages, basements

Explain the difference between child abuse and child neglect. List some contributing factors to these phenomena.

Child abuse can be physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual Child neglect is a type of maltreatment that refers to the failure by the parent or legal caretaker to provide necessary, age-appropriate care when financially able to do so, or when offered finan- cial or other means to do so

Summarize the contributions of Hugh DeHaven, John E. Gordon, and William Haddon, Jr. to injury prevention and control.

DeHaven started the designs of safety belts, airbags, collapsible steering assemblies, and padded dashboards John E. Gordon learned about risk factors, susceptible populations, and the distribution of injuries in populations. William Haddon Jr. developed many successful countermeasures to reduce the number of unintentional highway injuries

What is a youth gang? Why are gangs attractive to some youths? How can communities compete for youths' attention?

a self-formed association of peers bound together by mutual interests, with identifiable leadership and well-defined lines of authority attracts the disenfranchised and unemployed youths combat by using law enforcement, education, diversion activities, and social services support

What is a hazard? Do hazards cause accidents?

an unsafe act or condition they do not cause accidents

Identify the different types of violent behavior that result in intentional injuries

assaults, rapes, suicides, and homicides

8. Describe the epidemiological model for injuries and provide three examples of how energy causes injuries.

lowering the height of children's high chairs and of diving boards to reduce fall injuries

Define family violence and give some examples.

maltreatment of children, intimate partner violence, sibling violence, and violence directed toward elder family members

What is intimate partner violence? List the types of behaviors included in the definition.

physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psycho- logical aggression by a current or former intimate partner, including current and former spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends, dating partners, or sexual partners

List four broad strategies for the reduction of unintentional injuries and give an example of each.

prevent the accumulation of the injury-producing agent prevent the inappropriate release of excess placing a barrier between the host and agent completely separate the host from potentially dangerous sources of energy

For each of your examples from Question 8, explain how the injury could have been prevented using prevention and control tactics.

reducing speed limits to decrease motor vehicle injuries

What resources are available at the state and federal levels to help communities reduce the number and seriousness of injuries resulting from violence?

state agency programs for child occupant safety, older driver safety, domestic violence, or violence against women programs, youth violence federally we have The Center for Injury Prevention & Control of the CDC, The Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice

Why have the terms accident and safety lost favor with injury prevention professionals?

suggests a chance occurrence or an unpreventable mishap, but we know that many, if not most, accidents are preventable

Identify the leading types of unintentional injury deaths and the risk factors associated with each type of death.

unintentional poisoning, car crashes, and falls they are unplanned, preceded by an unsafe act, accompanied by economic loss, interrupt completion of a task