Open AccessThe importance of minor injury
Author(s) -
McClure Roderick J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1996.tb01346.x
Subject(s) - public health , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , medicine , psychological intervention , environmental health , population , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , population health , suicide prevention , poison control , gerontology , nursing , geography , pathology , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science
The public health approach to injury control is now widely accepted. Since the development of this approach, there has been a shift in the perspective of public health programs to include broader definitions of health. There have also been increasing efforts to evaluate public health interventions in terms of health outcomes at the population level. In this context, it might be appropriate to broaden the focus of injury prevention to target more specifically injuries that are not life‐threatening. Alhough they are not responsible for major morbidity at an individual level, they probably account for the greatest decrement in the health of the population as a whole.