TY - JOUR
T1 - State and Local Responses to Children's Injuries
T2 - The Massachusetts Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program
AU - Gallagher, Susan S.
AU - Messenger, Katherine P.
AU - Guyer, Bernard
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - This paper identifies problems facing effective injury prevention, including the lack of media and professional attention, poor data systems on epidemiology and prevention of injuries, inadequate prevention strategies, and hampered implementation. As a partial solution to these problems, efforts are described for increasing the involvement of agencies at the local, state, and federal levels, especially those devoted to maternal and child health. One program, the Massachusetts Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program, is described to illustrate the role of one lead agency for designing and implementing a strategic plan for injury prevention that can overcome the obstacles noted. General perspectives are outlined for approaching injury prevention through state and local maternal and child health programs. 1987 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
AB - This paper identifies problems facing effective injury prevention, including the lack of media and professional attention, poor data systems on epidemiology and prevention of injuries, inadequate prevention strategies, and hampered implementation. As a partial solution to these problems, efforts are described for increasing the involvement of agencies at the local, state, and federal levels, especially those devoted to maternal and child health. One program, the Massachusetts Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program, is described to illustrate the role of one lead agency for designing and implementing a strategic plan for injury prevention that can overcome the obstacles noted. General perspectives are outlined for approaching injury prevention through state and local maternal and child health programs. 1987 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1987.tb01301.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1987.tb01301.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993912341
SN - 0022-4537
VL - 43
SP - 149
EP - 162
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
IS - 2
ER -