Need the attached assignment done by April 28, 2023 at 2 PM my time. I have also attached powerpoint slides pertaining to the assignment.
Type of Injury Data for the specific Injury (Stats and Actual Facts) Prevention Strategies for the injuries 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Instructions As you can see from the material, injuries play a big role in Public Health. For this assignment, you will create a chart with data specific to injuries and injury prevention. Your chart will have 5 rows, each with a different type of injury that impacts Public Health. At the top of the chart, you will have 2 columns. You will populate the columns with 1. Data for the specific injury listed 2. Prevention strategies for the specific injury listed. How will you know if you have been successful with this assignment: By the end of the assignment, you will have identified 5 types of injuries, stated the rate they occur, and provided information on prevention strategies. An example of the template is provided. you can modify it to your personal style as long as the columns and headings remain the same. Slide 1 Injuries as a Community and Public Health Problem Chapter 15 Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Chapter Objectives (1 of 3) After studying this chapter, you will be able to: Describe the importance of injuries as a community and public health problem. Explain why the terms accidents and safety have been replaced by the currently more acceptable terms unintentional injuries, injury prevention, and injury control when dealing with such occurrences. Briefly explain the difference between intentional and unintentional injuries and provide examples of each. Summarize the epidemiology of unintentional injuries; that is, when, where, and to whom do injuries occur. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Chapter Objectives (2 of 3) List strategies for the prevention and control of unintentional injuries. Explain how education, regulation, automatic protection, and litigation can reduce the number and seriousness of unintentional injuries. Define the term intentional injuries and provide examples of behavior that results in intentional injuries. Describe the significance of intentional injuries as a community and public health problem in the United States. Discuss risk factors for intimate partner violence. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Chapter Objectives (3 of 3) List some contributing factors to domestic violence and some strategies for reducing it. Define the term youth gang and explain how youth gangs finance themselves. Explain why some young people join these gangs. Give examples of ways communities can reduce youth gang activity. Discuss local, state, and national resources available to communities for reducing the number and severity of international injuries resulting from violence in the community. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Introduction Definitions Injury Unintentional injuries Intentional injuries Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Cost of Injuries to Society (1 of 3) Leading cause of death and disability in the world Globally, about 6 million people die from injuries each year Fatal injuries Disabling injuries Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Cost of Injuries to Society (2 of 3) FIGURE 15.1 Injury deaths: United States, 2018. Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Fatal injury reports. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (WISQARSTM). Available at https://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Cost of Injuries to Society (3 of 3) FIGURE 15.2 Burden of injury—United States, 2018. Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Fatal injury reports. National Center for Injury Prevention & Control: Data & Statistics (WISQARSTM). Available at https://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Health Statistics. (2015). Summary health statistics for the U.S. population: National Health Interview Survey, 2014. Available at http://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/ NCHS/NHIS/SHS/2014_SHS_Table_P-8.pdf; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Nonfatal injury data. Injury Prevention & Control: Data & Statistics (WISQARSTM). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/nonfatal.html. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Unintentional Injuries Cause of nearly three-fourths of all injury-related deaths in U.S. Injury prevention or injury control Hazards Unsafe act or unsafe condition Types of unintentional injuries Poisonings Motor vehicle crashes Falls Other types of unintentional injuries Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Poisonings Leading cause of unintentional injury death in 2018 Unintentional ingestion of fatal doses of medicines and drugs Exposure to gases and vapors Exposure to toxic substances in the workplace or elsewhere Most occur in the home Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Motor Vehicle Crashes Second leading type of unintentional injury death Majority of those killed are Drivers Passengers Pedestrians Motorcyclists Pedalcyclists Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com 11 Falls Third leading cause of unintentional injury death Account for about one-third of all nonfatal injuries in U.S. Disproportionately affect elders Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Epidemiology of Unintentional Injuries Account for large number of early deaths in U.S. Incapacitation significant problem High economic impact Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Person (1 of 2) Age Leading cause of death in children and ages 1–44 Gender Males more likely to be involved in fatal unintentional injuries Minority status Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Person (2 of 2) FIGURE 15.4 Rates of medically consulted injuries by age and sex, 2017. Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). Nonfatal injury reports. Injury Prevention & Control: Data & Statistics (WISQARSTM). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/nonfatal.html. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Place (1 of 2) Unintentional injuries occur wherever people are Home, work, roads More occur in and around the home than anywhere else Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Place (2 of 2) FIGURE 15.7 Unintentional injury deaths by sector—United States, 2017. Data from National Safety Council. (2019). Injury facts, 2019 edition. Itasca, IL. Author. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Time Seasonal variations in various causes of unintentional injuries Month Day of week Time of day Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Alcohol and Other Drugs as Risk Factors Alcohol may be most important factor contributing to injuries Involved in high number of motor vehicle crashes Also related to water-related deaths Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Prevention Through Epidemiology (1 of 2) Early contributors for injury prevention and control Huge DeHaven John E. Gordon James Gibson William Haddon, Jr. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Prevention Through Epidemiology (2 of 2) Model for unintentional injuries: Triangle Environment, host, and energy-producing agent FIGURE 15.10 The public health model for unintentional injuries. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Prevention and Control Tactics Based on the Model Prevent accumulation of energy producing agent Prevent inappropriate release of excess energy Place barrier between host and agent Separate host from potentially dangerous sources of energy Other tactics Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Community Approaches to Prevention of Unintentional Injuries Injury prevention education: Process of changing people’s health-directed behavior Regulation: Enacting and enforcing laws to control conduct Automatic protection: Modifying products or environments to reduce risk Litigation: Seeking justice for injury through courts Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Intentional Injuries Outcome of self-directed or interpersonal violence Staggering community health problem in the U.S. Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Types of Intentional Injuries Assaults, rapes, suicides, homicides Can be perpetrated against family members, community members, or complete strangers Costly due to loss of life and productivity, and economic cost to community Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Epidemiology of Intentional Injuries Interpersonal violence disproportionately affects those frustrated, hopeless, jobless, living in poverty, with low self-esteem More acts committed by males Firearms increasingly involved Alcohol and drug use contributes Perpetrators more likely to have been abused or neglected as children or exposed to violence Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Homicide, Assault, Rape, and Property Crimes Males, blacks, and young people experience highest rates of violent victimization Less than half of all violent crimes committed are reported to police 2018: Only 25% of rapes and sexual assaults reported to police Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Suicide and Attempted Suicide Suicide rate for men four times that for women Suicide second leading cause of death for ages 10–34 Third leading cause for ages 35–54 Suicide rates for elder men are highest for any population subgroup When reported by race, American Indian/Alaska Natives have highest rates Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Firearm Injuries and Injury Deaths Intentional and unintentional acts, firearms third leading cause of injury death Highest risk for homicide and suicide involving firearms are teenage boys and young men Guns on school property Absence of detailed federally supported reporting system Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Violence in Our Society and Resources for Prevention Individuals and violence Family violence and abuse Child maltreatment Child abuse Child neglect Prevention of child maltreatment Elder maltreatment and prevention Intimate partner violence Prevention of intimate partner violence Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Violence in Schools Victimization rates have declined since 1992 Fighting and weapon carrying Zero tolerance policies Bullying and being bullied Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Youth violence after school Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Violence in Our Communities Youth gang violence Costs to the community Community response State response Federal response Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com Discussion Questions What levels of prevention can be most effective in reducing violence in communities? How can unintentional injury rates continue to decline in the coming decades? Copyright © 2022 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC an Ascend Learning Company. www.jblearning.com