This surprising finding by Mariana Brussoni in BC and colleagues in Wales rings true with me; in the last 20 or so years I have had a fractured nose from being doored, a fractured clavicle from having fallen down stairs at Sydney Airport (or was I pushed?), and a fractured heel from a fall in circumstances too embarrassing to describe. Whether my total exceeds the national average I do not know. Mariana said\u00a0\u201cWe weren\u2019t surprised when we found what we did, but we were surprised at how strong the effect was.<\/b>\u201d I too am surprised by the \u2018strong effect\u2019 but reject her speculation that one explanation may be \u201crisk compensation\u201d. \u00a0Nor do I accept the complacency or infallibility hypotheses. Rather, I postulate that the 400 respondents were simply more forthcoming (i.e., honest) than those in the Community Health Survey sample. <\/b>The problem is there is no easy way to confirm the validity of the answers in either survey so we may never know. Note: for the full story and all the data check the current issue of Injury Prevention.<\/p>\n
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This surprising finding by Mariana Brussoni in BC and colleagues in Wales rings true with me; in the last 20 or so years I have had a fractured nose from being doored, a fractured clavicle from having fallen down stairs at Sydney Airport (or was I pushed?), and a fractured heel from a fall in […]<\/p>\n