Injury Control: A Guide to Research and Program Evaluation

by Frederick P. Rivara, Peter Cummings, Thomas D. Koepsell, David C. Grossman, Ronald V. Maier

Overview

Modern evidence-based injury prevention and control strategies have contributed to a substantial decline in the number of deaths associated with injury. Injury Control: Research and Program Evaluation addresses the growing need for a single comprehensive source of data on all research designs available for injury control and research. This accessible guidebook includes information on research tools such as injury severity scales, conducting program evaluations and trauma audits, systematic reviews, and ecologic studies. Epidemiologists and health service investigators, as well as trauma surgeons and emergency medicine physicians who provide the post-acute care of trauma patients, will find this the only current information source focused on injury control research and evaluation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521100243
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/18/2009
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Rivara, Frederick P. (Univ of Washington); Cummings, Peter (Univ of Washington); Koepsell, Thomas D. (Univ of Washington); Grossman, David C. (Univ of Washington); Maier, Ronald V. (Univ of Washington)

Table of Contents

1. An Overview of Injury Research Frederick P. Rivara; 2. Classifying and Counting Injury Lois A. Fingerhut and Elizabeth McLoughlin; 3. Measurement of Injury Severity and Co-morbidity Grant O'Keefe and Gregory J. Jurkovich; 4. Data Linkages and Using Administrative and Secondary Databases Beth A. Mueller; 5. Rates, Rate Denominators and Rate Comparisons Peter Cummings, Robyn Norton and Thomas D. Koepsell; 6. Data Collection Methods Carol W. Runyan and J. Michael Bowling; 7. Selecting a Study Design for Injury Research Thomas D. Koepsell; 8. Qualitative Methods in Injury Research David C. Grossman and Lorna Rhodes; 9. Randomised Trials Thomas D. Koepsell; 10. Cohort Studies in Injury Research Jess F. Kraus; 11. Case-Control Studies in Injury Research Peter Cummings, Thomas D. Koepsell and Ian Roberts; 12. Ecologic Studies Ralph Hingson, Jonathan Howland, Thomas D. Koepsell and Peter Cummings; 13. Case Studies and Trauma Registries Charles Mock; 14. Systematic Reviews of Injury Studies Frances Bunn, Carolyn G. DiGuiseppe and Ian Roberts; 15. Evaluating an Injury Intervention or Program Robert S. Thompson and Jeffrey J. Sacks; 16. The Development of Clinical Decision Rules for Injury Care Ian G. Stiell; 17. Trauma Performance Improvement Ronald V. Maier and Michael Rhodes; 18. Measuring Disability and Quality of Life Post-injury Ellen J. MacKenzie; 19. Economic Evaluation of Injury Control John D. Graham and Maria Segui-Gomez; 20. Ethical Issues Helen McGough and Marsha E. Wolf; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"A very useful and thoughtful compendium...the strenght of this book is in its breadth of coverage of issues that concern research in injury control. Although not mentioned as a potential audience, students and others new to the subject would find this a very useful text in a course on injury epidemiology and control." American Journal of Epidemiology

"Injury Control—A guide to Research and Program Evaluation is the fifth landmark text—one destined to propel the discipline to the next level. It is comprehensive, well written, and carefully edited. The editors are internationally eminent experts, all of whom are American, but the book has a welcome international flavor." International Journal of Epidemiology

"No source ... had the breadth of coverage, utility, or convenience of this primer. Moreover, none offered such good examples to illustrate the research applications ... Injury Conctrol is at its strongest." BMJ

From the Publisher

Epidemiologists and pediatricians from the University of Washington and a trauma surgeon, also in Seattle, offer researchers a guide to study methods for investigating and evaluating evidence-based injury prevention and control strategies. They include information about choices in designing and executing a study, and discuss specific tools such as injury severity scales, program evaluations, and systematic reviews. Among the specific topics are data linkages and using administrative and secondary databases, qualitative methods, cohort studies, ecological studies, and measuring post-injury disability and quality of life. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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