Author: Committee on Injury Prevention and ControlInstitu
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: prevention, treatment, advancing, injury, burden, reducing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1998-12-21
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0309065666
ISBN-13: 9780309065665

Despite great strides in injury prevention over the decades, injuries result in 150,000 deaths, 2.6 million hospitalizations, and 36 million visits to the emergency room each year. This book describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks critically at the current response by the public and private sectors, including data and surveillance needs, research priorities, trauma care systems development, infrastructure support and training, firearms safety, and coordination among federal agencies.

Author: Office for Drug Control & Crime Prevention
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Keywords: crime, odccp, studies, drugs, amp, guidelines, experience, development, andean, area, undcp, alternative
Number of Pages: 84
Published: 2003-03
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 9211481430
ISBN-13: 9789211481433

Author: Committee to Review the NIOSH Traumatic Injury Res
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: niosh, research, injury, traumatic
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $48.75
ISBN-10: 0309125073
ISBN-13: 9780309125079

The occurrences of both injury and death that take place on the job are a significant public health problem in the United States, causing a substantial human and economic burden. "Traumatic Injury Research at NIOSH" is the sixth report in the series "Reviews of Research Programs" of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The Committee to Evaluate the NIOSH Traumatic Injury Research Program found the program’s research during 1996-2005 (the evaluation period for this review) relevant to reducing the burden of traumatic injury in the workplace and to have contributed to

Author: Committee on Spinal Cord InjuryCatharyn T. Liverm
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: promise, priorities, progress, injury, cord, spinal
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2005-07-29
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0309095859
ISBN-13: 9780309095853

An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury. This includes paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, and chronic pain. During the last two decades, longstanding beliefs about the inability of the adult central nervous system to heal itself have been eroded by the flood of new information from research in the neurosciences and related fields. However, there are still no cures and the challenge of re

Author: Committee on Pest and Pathogen Control Through Man
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: new, solutions, century, management, based, pest, ecologically
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1996-03-21
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0309053307
ISBN-13: 9780309053303

Widespread use of broad-spectrum chemical pesticides has revolutionized pest management. But there is growing concern about environmental contamination and human health risks - and continuing frustration over the ability of pests to develop resistance to pesticides. In "Ecologically Based Pest Management", an expert committee advocates the sweeping adoption of ecologically based pest management (EBPM) that promotes both agricultural productivity and a balanced ecosystem. This volume offers a vision and strategies for creating a solid, comprehensive knowledge base to support a pest management s

Author: Committee on the Prevention of HIV Infection among
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: risk, countries, assessment, evidence, users, drug, hiv, infection, among, injecting, preventing
Number of Pages: 298
Published: 2006-11-28
List price: $61.25
ISBN-10: 0309102804
ISBN-13: 9780309102803

Presents report of the Committee on the Prevention of HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries held in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 2005. Topics include treatment for drug dependence, sterile needle and syringe access outreach, education, taking action, and more. For public health personnel. Softcover.

Author: Committee on Pathophysiology & Prevention of A
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: imperative, national, suicide, reducing
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2002-09-30
List price: $51.95
ISBN-10: 0309083214
ISBN-13: 9780309083218

(Institute of Medicine) Report of the Committee on Pathophysiology and Prevention of Adolescent and Adult Suicide Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health. Explores the factors raising a person’s risk of suicide and reviews the effectiveness of existing interventions. Presents lessons learned from a variety of suicide prevention initiatives. For policy makers, researchers, and clinicians.