TRBHealth April 2012

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[H+T--Friends] A public health approach to preventing injuries and violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis for National Public Health Week

by Eloisa Raynault

A public health approach to preventing injuries and violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis As CDC's Injury Center celebrates its 20th anniversary, Linda Degutis, a former APHA president, reflects on the significant advances that have been made in the field of injury and violence prevention and her vision for meeting some of the challenges that lie ahead. Read more at http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=2992 Q: What is the scope of injury and violence? Where does it rank in the context of other public health problems? Past CDC director Dr. William Foege said, "Throughout history, the two major causes of early death have been infectious disease and injury." Today, more people ages 1-44 die from injuries than from any other cause, including cancer, HIV or the flu. The toll of injury and violence is unacceptable. Those of us in the injury prevention and research field know that this is a public health issue we are making great strides in, but there are challenges ahead that we must work to address together. Here are a few examples: We could have saved 3,688 more lives in 2009 if everyone had buckled up. Sobriety checkpoints have been shown to cut alcohol-related crashes and deaths by about 20 percent. Q: We commonly hear that injuries are not accidents. Can you give us some examples of what that means? Those of us in the injury field know that the terms "accident," "unavoidable" or "random act" are used too often to describe injuries and violence. It's not random when a teen consumes alcohol, drives after dark with too many passengers and crashes. It's not an accident when a new parent is frazzled by a crying baby and shakes the child out of frustration. An elder person falling is often avoidable. We know what puts people at risk. The field of injury prevention is providing scientific tools to reduce injuries and violence-related injuries. For example, graduated drivers licensing laws, positive parenting programs to help parents better understand and handle stresses, and balance strengthening programs like Tai Chi can help prevent falls among elders. Q: How important is it for the center to build partnerships in the policy and research it develops? We value our partners' contributions to the field of injury and violence prevention. Together, we move proven science-based evidence and research from testing to practice. I believe that marrying science and partnerships does result in policies that provide demonstrable improvements in public health - at the federal, state and local levels and globally. The goal of our partner outreach is to create and maintain partnerships to support these strategies. Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation <http://www.apha.org/transportation> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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[H+T--Friends] Call for Papers on Health and Transportation for TRB 2013

by Eloisa Raynault

Call for Papers on Health and Transportation for TRB 2013 The Health and Transportation Subcommittee seeks research papers and poster presentations on aspects of the connections between health and transportation. The aim of this call for papers is to expand and improve the current understanding and evaluation of transportation policies, procedures and actions that impact health. Given that transportation decisions have various impacts - both positive and negative - on health and health inequities, there is much to be learned. Specifically, what programs, policies, incentives or disincentives, emerging methods and/or interventions show the most promising potential to improve health outcomes through transportation decision-making, including planning and/or operations? And how are the health effects distributed across population groups (e.g., based on factors including income, race and ethnicity, sex, age)? Papers for publication and/or presentation must be submitted before August 1, 2012. Submission of complete papers, conforming to TRB standards and format, is required for consideration. Papers may be submitted for presentation only. Each paper will be peer-reviewed according to TRB procedures. TRB paper specifications are found online (http://www.trb.org/GetInvolvedwithTRB/Public/GetInvolvedSubmitaPaper.as px). At the bottom of the TRB paper submission form, please indicate your paper is intended for the Health and Transportation Subcommittee (#ADD50-01). Be sure to include this Subcommittee name and number with the paper submission. For more information on this call for papers, visit http://www.trbhealth.org/trb-2013-call-for-papers Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation <http://www.apha.org/transportation> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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[H+T--Friends] Rajiv Bhatia/DPH/SFGOV is out of the office.

by Rajiv Bhatia

I will be out of the office starting 04/01/2012 and will not return until 04/07/2012. I am out of the office. For urgent issues, please contact Richard Lee richard.lee(a)sfdph.org) for issues related to Enviornmental Health regulatory programs; June Weintraub (june.weintraub(a)sfdph.org) for issues related to the program on health equity and sustainability or Vickie Wells (vickie.wells(a)sfdph.org) for occupational health issues.

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