Injury Prevention and Public Health
Practical Knowledge, Skills, and Strategies
Description:... This text provides students with the practical skills and strategies necessary to effectively plan, promote, implement, and operate effective public health injury prevention programs. The prevention of unintentional injuries, especially childhood and adolescent injuries, is emphasized as the major focus of public health agency injury prevention efforts. (Injury ranks third among causes of death overall, and it constitutes the second most costly health problem in the U.S., after heart disease.)
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