milestones in public health: chapter 2 january 2011 lectures for graduate public health education
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Milestones in Public Health: Chapter 2
January 2011
Lectures for Graduate Public Health Education
Identify energy as main cause of injury Describe injury risk factors across life span Discuss risk factors for teen motor vehicle
crashes and factors demonstrated to reduce these risks
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Describe injury outcomes and disability Define injury control and describe at the
three levels of prevention Explain federal funding for research to
identify, implement, and maintain successful interventions
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Illustrate how the 5 E’s of injury control (Education, Engineering, Economic Incentives, Empowerment, Enactment of Legislation) are used to prevent injury
Illustrate how the Haddon framework can be applied to automobile safety
Analyze linked systems of safety features in automobile manufacturing
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1. Historical Perspective/Background2. Context: The Milestones and its Impact on
Public Health3. Biology, Behavior and Science4. Systems, Policies and Programs5. Looking Ahead6. References and Resources
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Historical Perspective/Background
20th Century Motorization of America1896 First recorded fatality occurred in
London in an onlooker during a demonstration drive
September 1899
First U.S. fatality occurred in NYC
Mid-1960s Modern injury science emerged as a distinct field
1985 Shift of focus: Accident prevention to injury prevention
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NHTSA 2020 Report
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Motor vehicle safety: A 20th century public health achievement
Challenge for 21st century to SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE Motor Vehicle Safety
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Context: The Milestone and its Impact on Public Health
More than 79,500 adults ages 20 to 49 died from injuries in 2002
Motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of those deaths
CDC (2006)
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CDC (2006)
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CDC (2006)
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Motor vehicle injuries occur at all stages of life and include the following issues:
– Alcohol-related motor vehicle injuries– Child passenger safety– Older adult drivers– Road traffic safety– Teens behind the wheel
CDC (2006)
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An alcohol-related motor vehicle crash kills someone every 31 minutes and injures someone non-fatally every 2 minutes
More than 1.4 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics
About 3 in 10 Americans are involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetimes
The number of alcohol-related fatal crashes is growing
Costs Americans approximately $51B annuallyCDC (2006); Quinlan et al. (2005), Dept. of Justice
(2005)
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Motor vehicle injuries are among the greatest public health problem facing U.S. children today
During 2003, a total of 1,591 children aged 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 220,000 were injured
Most of these children were riding unrestrained, thus many of these injuries could have been prevented
Drinking and driving are injury and fatality risk factors for children
CDC (2006)
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In 2002, a total of 7,688 people ages 65 and older died in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S.
Drivers ages 65 and older have higher crash death rates per mile driven than all but teen drivers
Rates for motor vehicle-related deaths and injury are twice as high for older men as for older women
Motor vehicle-related deaths and injuries among older adults are rising
CDC (2006)
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Road traffic crashes kill 1.2 million/year worldwide
Road traffic crashes injure or disable 20 million to 50 million each year
Ranks as 11th cause of death and account for 2% of all deaths globally
By 2020, road traffic injuries predicted to become 3rd largest contributor to global burden of disease
Economic cost of road traffic injuries is an estimated $518 billion
CDC (2006)
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Motor vehicle-related injuries are the biggest health threat to teens in U.S.
Account for 2/5 of deaths overall In 2002, >5,000 teens, ages 16-19 died of
injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes Risk highest among 16-19 year-olds Cost (fatal and non-fatal) involving drivers
15-20 years was $40.8 billion in 2002 CDC (2006)
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Biology, Behavior and Science
Injuries occur when the tissues of the human body absorb energy that is above the tissue threshold
McKay (2009)
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Kinetic Electrical Chemical Thermal/Radiant Energy
McKay (2009)
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Kinetic: falls, motor vehicle crashes Electrical: lightning strikes, downed wires Chemical: poisonings Thermal/Radiant Energy: steam or flame
burnsTwo types involved in motor vehicle crashes:
– Kinetic – Thermal
McKay (2009)
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The Body’s Response to Injury Tissue Fragility and Injury Threshold (co-
morbid factors; growing bodies; advanced aging)
Tissue Healing Injury Mechanics
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The Body’s Response to Injury– Each body tissue has a unique ability to absorb
and dissipate energy without injury until a critical threshold is reached
Tissue Fragility and Injury Threshold– comorbid factors; age as a factor
Tissue Healing Injury Mechanics
– Kinetic energy causes the majority of injuries
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Age and Sex Experience Passengers Alcohol Driving at Night and Fatigue
National Research Council (2007)
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Improved parental management of teens learning to drive
Enhanced enforcement on teen drivers– Graduated driver licensing (GDL)– Nighttime curfews– Limit number of passengers– Enforce strict seat belt laws
National Research Council (2007)
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Torso injuries more likely to be life-threatening than permanently disabling
Head injuries both life-threatening and disabling
Spine injuries almost always permanently disabling
Bone injuries associated with long-term disability
Long-term psychosocial effects in injured persons and in family and friends
CDC (2006)
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Injury to each type of tissue and organ, or organ system:-- results in predictable patterns of damage
AND-- indicates predictable emergent
intervention
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Total number of years of productive life lost is greater than heart disease and cancer combined
1/10 of funding directed to injury-related topics compared to those two diseases
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Systems, Policies and Programs
These terms refer to the array of activities described as: prevention, control, acute care, and rehabilitation
Prevention: includes efforts to reduce risks and severity of injury
Treatment: refers to post-event efforts to ameliorate the effects of injury through acute care and rehabilitation
Institute of Medicine (1999)
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1. Pre-event phase, during which the energy becomes uncontrolled
2. Brief event phase, in which the uncontrolled energy is transferred to the individual, resulting in injury if the energy transfer exceeds the tolerance of the body to absorb it
3. Post-event phase, during which attempts can be made to restore homeostasis and repair the damage
Institute of Medicine (1999)
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Prevailing scientific paradigm for
studying causes and prevention
of injury
William Haddon, Jr. MD (1926-1985)
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Individual Individual behaviorbehavior AgentAgent
Physical Physical environmentenvironment
Socio-economic Socio-economic environmentenvironment
Pre-eventPre-event
EventEvent
Post-Post-eventeventP
hase
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FactorsFactors
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Human Vector/Vehicle Physical/Social Environment
Pre-Event IntoxicationSafety Belt UseSpeedAlertness/SleepinessExperience
Tire PressureBrake FunctioningI BeamsCrumple Zones
Speed CamerasWeatherSocial CultureWillingness to allow others to drive drunk
Event FrailtyAgeSize
Speed of ImpactAir BagsSizeStiffness of SurfacesStability Control
FlammabilityGuard railsStiffness of fixed objectsBarriersEmbankments
Post-Event
Body Mass IndexAgeCo-morbid conditions
Degree of crushFuel System integrity
EMS responseTrauma Center availabilityRehab Programs
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Worst among 16-year-olds Teens have highest crash risk of any group Highest involvement rates in crashes of all types Characteristics:
– Driver error– Speeding– Single-vehicle– Passengers– Alcohol– Night drivers– Low seatbelt use
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Alcohol is less a problem for 16-year-olds: 15% typically have BAC of 0.08% or more
But alcohol becomes a serious problem for later teen years
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Graduated licensing helps– Restricts night driving– Limits teen passengers– Requires specified amount of supervised practice
21 year old minimum drinking age laws in all states and D.C.– NHTSA estimates these laws have saved 24,560
lives since 1975 “Zero tolerance” laws for young drivers
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Crashes per million miles driven in 2006
Source: IIHS
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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS) The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey (NHAMCS) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
(HCUP) Web-based Injury Statistics Query and
Reporting System (WISQARS)
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Promptly suspending driver’s licenses of persons who drive while intoxicated
Health promotion efforts that use ecological framework to influence economic, organization, policy, and school/community action
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If at least one driver or non-occupant involved in a crash is determined to have had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.01 gram per deciliter (g/dl) or higher:– The motor vehicle crash is considered an
alcohol-related crash– Any death is considered an alcohol-related
fatality
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12.6% of all drivers in fatal crashes were between 15 and 20 years old
16% of all drivers in police-reported crashes were young drivers
28% who were killed had been drinking 23% of these had BAC of 0.08g/dl or higher
(this had dropped 7% between 1995-2005)
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Severity of a crash increases with alcohol involvement– 2% - crashes involving property damage– 4% - crashes resulting in injury– 21% - crashes involved in fatal crashes
Alcohol involvement higher in young males– 24% of males involved in fatal crashes– 12% of females
Drivers less likely to use restraints when drinking– 64% in fatal crashes unrestrained– 74% of drivers in fatal crashes unrestrained
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Trauma care systems Planning, development, and outcome research
at HRSA and research in injury biomechanics on the pathophysiology and reparative processes. The aim is to further the understanding of injury causes and consequences on differences in risk perception, risk taking, and behavioral responses to safety improvements among different segments of the population
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Looking Ahead
Prevent injury and violence Increase use of safety belts Reduce motor vehicle crash-related deaths Reduce nonfatal motor vehicle crash-related
injuries
Healthy People 2020
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Linked systems of safety features:– Anti-lock brakes – foundation of systems– Sensor detection to read the road– Better suspension systems using electronics and
software– Skid controls: a system that rectifies driver error
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To sustain and improve motor vehicle safety will require further public health action to:– Expand surveillance to better monitor nonfatal
injuries, detect new problems, and set priorities– Direct research to emerging and priority
problems– Implement the most effective programs and
policies– Strengthen interagency, multidisciplinary
partnerships
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Continuing efforts shown to reduce alcohol-impaired driving and related fatalities/injuries
Promoting strategies such as graduated licensing that discourage speeding, teenage drinking and other risky driving behaviors and encourage safety belt use
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Enhancing pedestrian safety, especially for children and the elderly, through engineering solutions that– reduce exposure to traffic and permit crossing
streets safely– encourage safer pedestrian behaviors, such as
crossing streets at intersections– increase visibility to drivers and driver
awareness of pedestrians
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Accommodating the mobility needs of persons aged greater than 65 years – a population that will almost double to 65 million by 2030 – through a combination of alternative modes of transportation (e.g., walking and getter public transportation) and development of better strategies to reduce driving hazards
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Encouraging the routine use of safety belts (30% of the population do not wear safety belts)
Encouraging proper use of age-appropriate child-safety seats and booster seats, especially for older children who have outgrown their child seats but are too small for adult lap-shoulder belts
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Conducting biomechanics research to better understand the causes of nonfatal disabling injuries, particularly brain and spinal cord injuries, as a foundation for prevention strategies
Developing a comprehensive public health surveillance system at the federal, state, and local levels that tracks fatal and nonfatal motor-vehicle-related injuries in order to establish prevention and research priorities
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Development of seat belts Active restraint systems Trace the history in the U.S. and elsewhere What was some resistance based upon? Discuss issues of personal freedom which arose. What is the sole state that does not have seat belt
law? What does (did) a seat belt cost per car? What about legislation requiring large school buses
to install seat belts?
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NHTSA (2008)
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Trace the history of the development of air bags in the U.S.
What distinguishes the use of air bags from seat belt use?
Although most crashes are head-on impact, what is the comparative magnitude of crashes on the sides of autos?
What were some of the negative impact factors in crashes when air bags inflated? Were these anticipated?
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Which of these restraint systems has had a greater impact on saving lives?
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