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Reflections on a half century of injury control.

Author(s) -

Julian A. Waller

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.4.664

Subject(s) - enthusiasm , personal injury , the renaissance , control (management) , public health , suicide prevention , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , gerontology , public relations , medicine , psychology , political science , history , nursing , medical emergency , law , management , social psychology , economics , art history

Using both historical analysis and personal reminiscence, this article describes the development of injury control activities since about 1940, focusing particular attention on the rise and fall of the Public Health Service's Division of Accident Prevention. By the 1940s and 1950s, modest but useful efforts in injury control research and programming had been made. The 1960s and early 1970s then saw an explosion of new concepts, programs, and enthusiasm, but much of this soon dissipated. Since 1985 there has been a renaissance of interest and effort, and the development of a new cadre of injury control professionals. This progress is threatened, however, by both old and new problems.

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