Citation

Sleet DA. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018; 15(9): e15091921.

Affiliation

Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. davidasleet@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph15091921

PMID

30181462

Abstract

In this compilation of 23 papers from a Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [2], we review the burden of childhood injuries, discuss effective interventions applied to specialized target groups around the world, and focus on methods to bring interventions into practice settings with an eye toward the use of theoretical approaches and program evaluation. Some papers in this Special Issue focus on epidemiology and surveillance, some on clinical and community interventions, some on evaluation of existing interventions, several on injury risk factors for children, and many focus on generating new knowledge that may help curb the problem in the future. Some articles highlight the need for and use of theory, while others discuss the need for translational research from discovery to delivery, and in transmitting knowledge for change from one setting to another.

Language: en