Citation

Giles A, Bauer MEE, Jull J. Inj. Prev. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043407

PMID

31537617

Abstract

The education, engineering and enforcement (3 E's) approach to injury prevention is grounded in assumptions that it is effective for everyone; however, evidence demonstrates that it fails to consider opportunities for all populations to experience safe and injury-free lives. In this way, the 3 E's approach does not support health equity in the injury prevention field. In this brief report, we argue that a fourth E, equity, must also be used with the 3 E's approach to injury prevention.

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Language: en

Keywords

Education; Enforcement; Engineering; Equity; Health disparities; Injury prevention