Injuries and fall prevention

Question 1

Learning outcomes

Answer 1

• Define injury
• Discuss the global burden of injuries
• Identify sources of information on injuries
• Describe approaches to injury prevention and apply the Haddon matrix
• Define disability, consider health care and related policy issues
• Consider healthcare implications of population ageing

Question 2

Injury

Answer 2

unintentional or intentional damage to the body

resulting from acute exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy

or from the absence of such essentials as heat or oxygen

Intentional- Child abuse
Domestic violence
Sexual assault
Aggravated assault
Murder
Suicide
War 

Unintentional- Road traffic
Falls
Poisonings
Drownings
Fires and burns
Occupational
Disasters 

Result from events that are predictable and preventable

Injury prevention
actions / interventions that prevent an injury event / violent act from happening by rendering it impossible or less likely to occur

Injury control
actions aimed at reducing injuries or the consequences of injuries once they have occurred

Question 3

violence

Answer 3

“intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation”

Childhood abuse, violence against women, transexual abuse