Ecological Injury Perspective
Identify a significant injury issue from an ecological perspective. Significance is based on criteria used to describe and understand health issues: Occurrence, distribution, frequency, morbidity, mortality, and disability. Search the current literature using Google Scholar, PubMed.gov, or any other scientific article search engine to identify an intervention to address the injury issue. Discuss the expected change in the incidence of the injury as a result of the intervention.
Make sure you address the following:
Identify significant injury and describe
? Occurrence
? Distribution (geological, age, gender)
? Morbidity
? Mortality
? YPLL
? Death rate
? Disability
? Costs
Identify 2-3 EVIDENCE BASED interventions to address injury
? Google scholar
? Impact/Effectiveness