Injury Specific Resources

Other

The National Resource Center on Aging and Injury (NRCAI) is a joint effort between the San Diego State University Center on Aging and the American Society on Aging. The mission of the National Resource Center on Aging and Injury is to apply state-of-the-art technology to increase awareness, and to collect, organize, and evaluate information about preventing unintentional injuries among older Americans.
Healthy Aging Initiative Evidence Reports, a systematic review of the evidence on interventions to prevent and reduce falls.
Australia's SportSafe has developed a range of resources and tools to help sporting clubs, sports trainers, sports medicine professionals, facility managers and schools collect useful information on sporting injuries. See their Sports Injury Data Dictionary Level 1 and Examples of sports injury data forms.
Women and Sport, National Sport & Pregnancy Forum, Sydney Australia
Play with Safety The Boston Globe, the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, the Greater Boston SAFE KIDS Coalition, and the Mass. Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics have collaborated in an effort to help you keep your kids safe at play.
Recreational injuries - Systematic Reviews of Childhood Injury Prevention Interventions (Harborview IPRC).
Dr. Pribut's Running Injuries Page.
The University of Northern Iowa has established a National Program for Playground Safety to address the growing concerns for playground safety in this country.
Cold Weather Injuries Prevention and Treatment.
National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC)
Dutchess County Department of Planning and Development, dog bite reporting form.
HomeSafe, compiled by WorkSafe Western Australia for the Western Australian Government's ThinkSafe Campaign. HomeSafe provides practical assistance for eliminating injuries around the home.
The Johns Hopkins University WWW Skier Survey, injury surveillance on the Web.
NCAA Sport Sciences and Injury Surveillance System (ISS), The science page of the NCAA.
Dog bite Links
- http://www.dogsandkids.ca/
  http://www.safekidssafedogs.com/
  http://www.hsus.org/ace/11858
  http://www.pets.info.vic.gov.au./community/dogs.htm
  http://www.avma.org/press/dogbite/dogbitebroc.asp
  http://www.ava.com.au/content/confer/uam/dogs.htm
  http://www.petnet.com.au/dogsnkids/index.html
  http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/aug4/thompson/thompson.html
  http://bitefile.com.au/default.asp
- A Community Approach to Dog Bite Prevention" is available at: http://www.avma.org/press/dogbite/dogbite.pdf. CDC publications on dog bites are available in full text at:
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/dogbites.htm.

OTHER INJURY SPECIFIC RESOURCES

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Last updated: 05/16/03 - http://www.injurycontrol.com/icrin/injury specific/other.htm

ICRIN is sponsored by the:
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University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Author: Hank Weiss MS, MPH, PhD Visiting Research Professor
Co-WebMaster: Gerald McGwin Jr. MS, PhD
URL: http://injurycontrol.com/icrin
Initial posting:1/1/95, Acknowledgments