Epidemiology and Prevention of Childhood Injuries (eBook)

An Overview

Martha Orendu Oche Attah, Hamid Soori (Autoren)

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2025 | 1. Auflage
400 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-443-32943-2 (ISBN)

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The Epidemiology and Prevention of Childhood Injuries: An Overview takes a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing childhood injuries. Integrating global research and practice, the book aims to significantly advance injury prevention among children. With detailed chapters on epidemiological measures, risk factors, and prevention strategies, it offers a thorough review of childhood injury contexts. The book covers injuries related to transport, home, school, play, sports, workplace, violence, and disasters. It discusses first aid essentials, accountability, and collaboration, concluding with methodologies, data collection techniques, and outcome assessments. This resource is invaluable for researchers, pediatricians, public health experts, and policymakers seeking to protect children. - Offers a reliable, up-to-date resource for understanding and addressing epidemiology, risk factors, prevention strategies, and interventions of childhood injuries - Discusses how different social identities can intersect and contribute to disparities in injury rates and outcomes - Explores how social determinants of health, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and access to healthcare contribute to disparities in injury rates and outcomes - Equips readers with actionable insights, multidisciplinary approaches, and technological innovations that can be applied in various settings to create safer environments for children

Dr Hamid Soori holds a doctorate in Epidemiology, a master's degree in public health from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, and MPH degree from University of Tehran Medical Sciences, Iran. During his career Dr Soori published 32 books and approximately 350 scientific articles. He also established the department of Epidemiology in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran in 2003 and supervised tens of MSc and PhD students. He retired in 2018 and continued his activities as an Emeritus Professor at Cyprus International University. He has worked in various places such as the Ministry of Health, several medical universities, as well as the World Health Organization as an injury prevention consultant. He is a member of several national and international scientific associations such as the International Epidemiological Association, Injury Prevention Research Network, International Academy of Public Health, Iranian Epidemiological Association and Society for Social Medicine.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• ISBN-10: 0-443-32943-5 / 0443329435
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-32943-2 / 9780443329432