Citation

Andersson R, Menckel E. Accid. Anal. Prev. 1995; 27(6): 757-768.

Affiliation

Department of International Health and Social Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sundbyberg, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0001-4575(95)00031-3

PMID

8749279

Abstract

The meaning of prevention has changed as new applications of the concept have appeared. Ideas presented in eleven different conceptual frameworks are compared. Identification of the frameworks took place through searches in databases and relevant literature. Five are general by nature, while six relate to injuries and accidents. All are supported by just a few parameters, the time dimension being the most prominent. Compatibility was established on three additional dimensions: level (individual, organizational or societal); direction ("bottom-up" or "top-down"); and in relation to the trichotomy "host-agent-environment". An attempt to synthesize all these dimensions into one general model of accident and injury prevention is presented.

Keywords

Prevention frameworks;
Accidents;
Injuries

Note: The terms Accident and Injury are here used in accordance with the definitions adopted at the first World Conference on Accident and Injury Prevention, Stockholm 1989 (WHO 1989), that is, an “accident” is an (unintentional) event that results or could result in an injury, whereas “injury” is a collective term for health outcomes from (intentional or unintentional) traumatic events.

(term-accident-vs-injury)