Public health surveillance of trends in non-battle injury rates among army soldiers deployed to operations iraqi freedom/new dawn (OIF/OND) and enduring freedom (OEF), 2001-2011

5175.0
Topics in injury and violence

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Oral

Session Objectives: Attendees of this session will be able to: Describe the Haddon Matrix

Moderator:

Susan S. Gallagher, MPH

12:30pm

Best practices for the introduction and integration of suicide prevention in emergency departments: Enhancing readiness and capacity for action and change
Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH, Davis Rehuher, B.A., Deborah Goebert, DrPH, Jane Chung-Do, DrPH, Kristina Bifulco, MPH, Stephanie Nishimura, PhD and Susana Helm, PhD

12:45pm

Insurance type and racial and ethnic disparities in ED mortality among trauma patients in Massachusetts (2008-2010)
Wenjun Li, PhD, Sylvia Hobbs, MPH, Holly Hackman, MD, MPH, Turner Osler, MD, MS, Timothy Emhoff, MD, Hasan Alam, MD, Iyah K. Romm, BS and Selwyn Rogers, MD

1:00pm

1:15pm

State legislation to address concussions in youth sports: Current status and future directions
Gregory Tung, PhD MPH, R. Dawn Comstock, PhD and Sarah Fields, JD, PhD

1:30pm

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by: Law, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)