{"id":184,"date":"2011-09-10T22:44:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T21:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?p=184"},"modified":"2011-09-10T22:44:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T21:44:35","slug":"barrys-blog-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry’s Blog #6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Declining paintball injuries<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was recently a report\u00a0 that a paintball caused a British woman’s breast implant to explode. That is the bad news. The good news is that paintball injuries have actually decreased in the United States. Hospital emergency visits due to air and paintball guns fell 20% from 2006 to 2008. Most such injuries occur in males and more than 25% were in 10 to 14 year-olds. Low-income children and adults are more likely than higher-income people to be treated for these injuries. The decline is attributed to \u201cmore awareness about injury prevention\u201d.\u00a0 Comment:<\/span> I hope so.\u00a0 Those implants are expensive!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/health\/boostershots\/la-heb-paintball-injuries-20110906,0,6581366.story<\/a><\/p>\n

South Africa to ban alcohol adverts<\/strong><\/p>\n

On a more serious note, South Africa plans to ban alcohol advertising in a bid to rein in violent crime fuelled by excessive drinking. The health minister said, \u201cWe’re not going to pull back about the issue of alcohol control, including the banning on advertising of alcohol. It’s not an issue of whether, it’s an issue of when”. He added, “If saving our people earns us a title of being a nanny (state), I very much welcome that title.” South Africa ranks 52nd among the world’s heaviest drinkers, according to the WHO, and is one of the world’s most violent societies with 46 murders per day and high levels of rape. Etienne Krug said the consequences of violence went beyond death and injury and lead to problems like disabilities, mental health issues and sexual infections. “Violence is one of the biggest public health problems in the world (but) it did not get “even one percent” of the attention given to other major challenges. “HIV kills 1.7 million people a year. Violence kills 1.5 million.”<\/p>\n

Comment:<\/span> Refreshing to hear this from WHO. And, take note of the minister’s defiance of the nanny-staters!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5jkSWPwto8fTbRFVojfbrNZitAnvQ?docId=CNG.1e1f1c67030c87a81c7d00b92bd972d8.561<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Declining paintball injuries There was recently a report\u00a0 that a paintball caused a British woman’s breast implant to explode. That is the bad news. The good news is that paintball injuries have actually decreased in the United States. Hospital emergency visits due to air and paintball guns fell 20% from 2006 to 2008. Most such […]<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1574],"tags":[2542,13355],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offbeat","tag-alchohol","tag-recreational"],"yoast_head":"\nBarry's Blog #6 - Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barry's Blog #6 - Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Declining paintball injuries There was recently a report\u00a0 that a paintball caused a British woman’s breast implant to explode. That is the bad news. The good news is that paintball injuries have actually decreased in the United States. Hospital emergency visits due to air and paintball guns fell 20% from 2006 to 2008. Most such [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-10T21:44:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Barry’s Blog #6\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-10T21:44:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":331,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"alchohol\",\"recreational\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Offbeat\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/\",\"name\":\"Barry's Blog #6 - Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-10T21:44:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/10\\\/barrys-blog-6\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Barry’s Blog #6\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/\",\"name\":\"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog\",\"description\":\"The official blog for the journal Injury Prevention.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/blog-logo-injury-prevention.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/blog-logo-injury-prevention.png\",\"width\":270,\"height\":34,\"caption\":\"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/injury-prevention\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Barry's Blog #6 - Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Barry's Blog #6 - Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog","og_description":"Declining paintball injuries There was recently a report\u00a0 that a paintball caused a British woman’s breast implant to explode. That is the bad news. The good news is that paintball injuries have actually decreased in the United States. Hospital emergency visits due to air and paintball guns fell 20% from 2006 to 2008. Most such [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/","og_site_name":"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog","article_published_time":"2011-09-10T21:44:35+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Barry’s Blog #6","datePublished":"2011-09-10T21:44:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/"},"wordCount":331,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/#organization"},"keywords":["alchohol","recreational"],"articleSection":["Offbeat"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/","name":"Barry's Blog #6 - Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-09-10T21:44:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2011\/09\/10\/barrys-blog-6\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Barry’s Blog #6"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/","name":"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog","description":"The official blog for the journal Injury Prevention.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/#organization","name":"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/files\/2017\/10\/blog-logo-injury-prevention.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/files\/2017\/10\/blog-logo-injury-prevention.png","width":270,"height":34,"caption":"Injury Prevention: Editor's Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}