A controversial article pertains to two themes highlighted in Injury Prevention blogs this year – violence against women and gun ownership. On March 17, the New York Times published the article “In Some States, Gun Rights Trump Orders of Protection”, with reporting contributed by Griff Palmer and research contributed by Kristen Millares Young and Jack Styczynski. The lengthy article cites […]
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US teens driving less but fatalities have increased
Editors note: Peter Jacobsen sent this to me for the blog along with the observation that he thought the US and NZ were the only industrialized countries that permit 16 to 18 year old drivers. (Not sure if he meant 16 in one country and 18 in the other, but readers can comment whether he […]
People in the news: Mark Rosenberg receives award
“Dr. Mark Rosenberg, president and CEO of the Task Force for Global Health, is being honored by Research!America, for his ground-breaking research in advancing injury prevention and road safety. Rosenberg will receive the 2013 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership for reframing the concept that road traffic crashes are not accidents. The award […]
The never-ending bike helmet saga
The debate about the effectiveness of bicycle helmets seems endless. There has now been a Cochrane review, a meta-analysis by Attewell et al., and a re-analysis of this meta-analysis by Rune Elvik (one of the editors of Accident Analysis and Prevention (AAP). As well, after Tim Churches, an Australian epidemiologist attempted unsuccessfully to reproduce Elvik’s […]
Should the NHL Mandate Visors?
The ongoing debate regarding whether visors should be mandatory safety equipment in the National Hockey League (NHL) is likely to get some renewed attention after one of the league’s players, Rangers’ Marc Staal, suffered a serious eye injury in a recent game. Warning: don’t watch the video if you are squeamish. http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/eye-injury-to-ranger-raises-issue-of-helmet-visors-again/?src=xps Visors are currently optional […]
Veterinarian’s injuries arising from treating cattle
Over the weekend I came across an interesting article in the Australian Veterinary Journal whilst I was having a look at some recent injury prevention publications in Australia. Last month’s issue of the journal contained an article summarising cattle-specific injuries reported in the Health Risks of Australian Veterinarians Survey (HRAV). Of the 2188 serious injuries reported […]
Taking helmets seriously
Some of us take helmet wearing seriously. This is one of our granddaughters, Emma, age 5. We have had one day of spring so the pink and white bike was brought out. Please note Emma’s helmet, and, just as importantly, that which she made on her poupee (doll). Let this be a lesson to all. […]
Publish Negative Results
A provocative paper in The Scientist urges that more journals publish negative results. (Editor: I have always argued that these are as scientifically important as positive results, even if they are less appealing to the press.) As the paper states, “Hypothesis-driven research is at the heart of scientific endeavour, and it is often the positive, […]
A round up of gun control stories from the US (Dec 2012-March 2013)
This understandably hot topic dominates the news I receive from various sources in the US, especially the major news media. I cannot do justice to the details in each of these reports but have tried to offer a précis of the main points in several of these. Guns don’t stop mass shootings Late in December, […]
New Blog Editor
Hello everyone, My name is Greg Tung and I am the new senior blog editor for IP. I am also a new Assistant Professor in the Colorado School of Public Health where I am affiliated with the Health Systems, Management, and Policy Department and the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education and Research Program. Just writing to […]