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A 1985 National Research Council report entitled Injury in America [2] recommended that United States Congress establish a new program at the CDC to address the problem of injury. Initially the program was supported with funds from the United States Department of Transportation. In 1990 Congress passed the Injury Control Act which authorized ...
The Dickey Amendment is a provision first inserted as a rider into the 1997 omnibus spending bill of the United States federal government that mandated that "none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be used to advocate or promote gun control."
Workplace Violence Strategies and Research Needs - NIOSH Publication Number 2006-144: Author: NIOSH: Software used: Adobe InDesign CS2 (4.0) Conversion program: Adobe PDF Library 7.0: Encrypted: no: Page size: 612 x 791 pts; 612 x 792 pts (letter) Version of PDF format: 1.6
Linda Ellen Saltzman (September 8, 1949 – March 9, 2005) was an American public health researcher who worked at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) from 1984 until her death in 2005. [1] She was especially known for her research on domestic violence , which has been credited with helping to define the entire field. [ 2 ]
Working in collaboration with state and territory sexual assault coalitions, representatives from underserved populations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [2] the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, [3] and a host of community-based and national allied projects, NSVRC provides national leadership to ...
Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur. Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health , and its goal is to improve the health of the population by preventing injuries and hence improving quality of life .
The CDC has interpreted this ban to extend to all research on gun violence prevention, and so has not funded any research on this subject since 1996. [126] However the 'Dickey' amendment only restricts the CDC advocating for gun control with government funds.
Cure Violence is a public health approach to violence prevention and reduction. It aims to stop the spread of violence in communities by using the methods and strategies associated with epidemic disease control : detecting and interrupting conflicts, identifying and treating the highest risk individuals, and changing social norms .