▪ Abstract Injuries continue to place a tremendous burden on the public's health and rates
vary widely among different groups in the population. Increasing attention has recently been …

BACKGROUND: More needs to be known about the prevalence of risk and protective factors
for fires, burns, and carbon monoxide poisoning in US households. METHODS: A random …

Population health encompasses traditional public health and preventive medicine but
emphasizes the full range of health determinants affecting the entire population rather than …

Objective To present the results of an intervention trial to enhance parents' home-safety
practices through pediatric safety counseling, home visits, and an on-site children's safety …

Objective To develop and evaluate an injury prevention anticipatory guidance training
program for pediatric residents. Design Thirty-one residents were randomly assigned to an …

BACKGROUND The California-Mexico border region is a high-volume trauma area with
populations of widely disparate socioeconomic status. This work analyzed differences in …

Objective. This study was designed to characterize the restraint use of children in fatal
crashes and to determine factors that were related to child restraint use. Methods. Crashes …

We tested a kiosk-based tailoring intervention with a sample of 144 parents of young
children using a two-group randomized controlled design to evaluate the kiosk. Intervention …

While elderly people perform their daily indoor activities, they are subjected to several risks.
To improve the quality of life of elderly people and promote healthy aging and independent …

The idea for this volume developed when we were co-teaching our introductory, mas ter's-
level course in the Department of Health Behavior at the UAB School of Public Health, a …