Unintentional Injuries

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 1. Investing in Health
   1. The 20th Century Takeoff in Human Health
   2. Why Has Mortality Declined at Such Different Rates in Different Countries?
   3. Noncommunicable Disease and Injury
   4. Research and Development
   5. Annex 1.A: The Burden of Disease in 2001
   6. Acknowledgments
2. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
3. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
4. 27. Newborn Survival
   1. Interventions
   2. Implementation
   3. Conclusions
5. 39. Unintentional Injuries
   1. Burden and Causes of Unintentional Injuries
   2. Interventions
   3. Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits of Intervention
   4. Implementation of Prevention and Control Strategies
   5. Research and Development Agenda
   6. Conclusions: Promises and Pitfalls
   7. Acknowledgments
6. 42. Indoor Air Pollution
7. 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
8. 47. Alcohol
   1. Epidemiology of Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Disease Conditions
   2. Burden of Disease Related to High-Risk Alcohol Use
   3. Interventions for Reducing High-Risk Drinking
   4. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
   5. Economic Benefits of Interventions
   6. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
9. 48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
   1. Nature, Causes, and Health Consequences of Illicit Opioid Use
   2. Contribution of Opioid Dependence to the Global Burden of Disease
   3. Interventions for Illicit Opioid Dependence
   4. Conclusions: Promises and Pitfalls
10. 51. Cost–Effectiveness of Interventions for Musculoskeletal Conditions
    1. Burden of Musculoskeletal Disease
    2. Nature, Causes, and Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Conditions
    3. Treatments
    4. Economic Issues
    5. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
11. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
    1. Definitions and Basic Concepts
    2. Analysis and Dissemination of Surveillance Data
    3. Surveillance for Specific Conditions
    4. Future of Surveillance
    5. Research Agenda in Public Health Surveillance
12. 60. Occupational Health
    1. Global Burden of Disease from Occupational Health Risks
    2. Interventions
    3. Economic Aspects of Intervention
    4. Implementation
    5. Research Agenda
    6. Conclusions
13. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
    1. Disasters as a Public Health Condition
    2. Interventions: From Response to Prevention
    3. Intervention Cost, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits
14. 67. Surgery
    1. Nature, Causes, and Burden of Surgical Conditions
    2. Interventions
    3. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    4. Research and Development Agenda
    5. Conclusions
15. 68. Emergency Medical Services
    1. Interventions for Emergency Care: Systems, Structures, and Organization
    2. Definitions
    3. Burden of Disease

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 1. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, 1990—2001
   1. Applications of Burden of Disease Analysis
   2. Improving the Comparative Quantification of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors: The 2001 GBD Study
   3. Conclusions
2. 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Major Regions, 1990—2001
   1. Conclusions
3. 3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001
   1. Quantifying the Global Burden of Disease
   2. Global Burden of Disease in 2001
   3. Discussion and Conclusions
4. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors
   1. Burden of Disease Attributable to Risk Factors
5. 5. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses for Burden of Disease and Risk Factor Estimates
   1. Discounting and Age Weighting in the DALY Measure
   2. Sensitivity of Burden of Disease and Injury Results to Variations in Key Parameter Values
   3. Uncertainty Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Estimates
   4. Uncertainty Estimates for All-Cause Mortality and Life Expectancies
   5. Uncertainty Estimates for Regional Mortality by Cause
   6. Uncertainty Arising from Epidemiological Estimates
   7. Uncertainty in the Disease Burden Attributable to Risk Factors
   8. Discussion
   9. Conclusions
   10. Acknowledgments

Priorities in Health

1. 5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
   1. Unintentional Injuries
   2. Alcohol Abuse

Presentations

Chapter 02. Intervention Cost-Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages

1. Neglected Low-Cost Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Traffic Accidents, Surgical Services, and Emergency Care
2. Cost-effectiveness of Interventions for Traffic Accidents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Chapter 39. Unintentional Injuries

1. Interventions for Selected Unintentional Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
2. Deaths and DALYs Lost from Unintentional Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001
3. Risk Factors for Road Traffic Injuries
4. Estimated Cost-effectiveness of Interventions Enforcing Traffic Regulations
5. Deaths from Unintentional Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001
6. Estimated Cost-effectiveness of Installing Speed Bumps at Lethal Intersections