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Lecture Description:
This lecture is
designed to overview the factors influencing injury research over the last
century. Emphasis is placed on the role of injury research in reducing
motor vehicle fatalities and injuries. The lecture will highlight the
practice of government and industry in downplaying safety concerns at the
beginning of the century and their change in emphasis in the 1960s.
On completion of the
lecture, readers will be able to:
- Recognize the core themes influencing the history of injury research
- Describe the biomechanics which underlie how injury occurs
- Recognize the shift in emphasis from human behavior to vehicular design
- Illustrate Haddon's ten principles of limiting energy transfer
- Recognize the difference between active and passive forms of intervention