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American Public Health AssociationInjury Control and Emergency Health Services SectionAPHA ICEHS Electronic News Vol. 8 No. 4April 2001***************************** APHA ICEHS Electronic News is circulated on the 15th of each month. CONTENTSSection News
General News
Position Announcements
* This item was also included in the previous edition of Electronic News ***************************** SECTION NEWS:2001 Leadership NomineesI am pleased to announce the 2001 ICEHS Section Elections Slate. Please join me in congratulating all of our nominees and thanking them for agreeing to run for ICEHS office. Look for forthcoming e-mails from APHA announcing that it is time to vote. And the nominees are (in alphabetical order):
- Lisa C. Barrios, Past-Chair LBarrios@cdc.gov These events will reach 21% of the section membership. Our goal is to have events in at least 15 cities and reach 50% of the section membership. To volunteer to be an event host in your city, If you are interested hosting a Birthday Blast activity for injury control professionals in area, please contact Cathy Gotschall, cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov, tel. (202) 366-1653, fax (202) 366-2559. - Catherine Gotschall, Chair-Elect cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov ***************************** Late-Breaker Abstracts Due August 3, 2001The ICEHS Section will again sponsor two "late-breaker" sessions during this year's Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The poster session is scheduled for Tuesday, October 23, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM, and the oral session is scheduled for Thursday, October 25, from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. Presenters must be members of APHA. These sessions are meant to provide a forum for presentation of cutting edge research. Abstracts should feature work in progress or completed within the last few months, i.e., after the February deadline for the Annual Meeting's regular symposia. It is anticipated that 6 papers will be accepted for the oral session and up to 10 papers for the poster session. The Section will accept abstracts of no more than 250 words (no tables or figures) until August 3, 2001. Preference for an oral or a poster presentation should be indicated. The ICEHS Late-Breakers Program Committee will make final decisions. Only one abstract may be submitted per primary author. Abstracts must contain at least preliminary results and will be judged on scientific merit, originality, importance to injury control/emergency health services, and generalizability. The following format is required in the order listed: senior author's name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, title of abstract, abstract, names of other authors. Please send abstract as an e-mail attachment to Lee Husting at eih8@cdc.gov. Please use "Late-breaker" as the e-mail subject. Please send only one abstract per e-mail, not multiple abstracts in one e-mail. For more information, contact Lee Husting by e-mail or phone him at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, (770) 488-4244. Notification of decisions will be e-mailed to all submitters by September 17. - Lee Husting eih8@cdc.gov ***************************** Update on Scientific Program for Atlanta 2001With much thanks going to the volunteer abstract reviewers, we are happy to announce that the ICEHS program agenda is (mostly) set for this year. We have 14 oral sessions (plus one late-breaker), covering topics such as "Policy Initiatives to Improve Traffic Safety", "Issues in Suicide", "Child Death Review", "A National Reporting System for Violent Deaths" and "Environmental Factors for Design and Safety." Each oral session has 6 speakers; roundtables have more. We also will have 9 poster sessions (plus one late-breaker) covering a wide variety of injury topics. Please refer to the above article by Lee Husting for information on submitting late-breaker abstracts. - Susanne Ogaitis-Jones sogaitis@jhsph.edu on behalf of the Scientific Program Planning Committee Co-Chairs (Maria Segui-Gomez, Andy Lincoln, Susanne Ogaitis-Jones) ***************************** Injury Prevention in Action Photos Needed for Section Booth!The Membership Committee (Kristen Lindermer, June Lee, Janet Holden, and Ronda Zakocs) is busy drafting a membership recruitment flyer, conducting a targeted membership drive and, most importantly, up-dating the exhibit booth materials for the APHA Annual Meeting. We need your help in modernizing the exhibit booth for Atlanta this year! We're looking for color, digital, injury-related photos that portray the many faces of injury prevention practitioners in action, such as conducting a child passenger safety inspection, installing smoke alarms, teaching about pedestrian safety, inspecting the health and safety of workplaces, testifying at legislative committees about injury control policies, or working with injury-related community coalitions (e.g., Safe Kids or Safe Communities). If you have such pictures, we'd appreciate it if you would e-mail them to Ronda Zakocs at rzakocs@bu.edu - Ronda Zakocs, Membership Committee Co-chair rzakocs@bu.edu ***************************** The First Annual Bill Haddon Birthday Blast!The ICEHS will be hosting regional birthday celebrations honoring Bill Haddon the during the first week of May. These events will be to provide opportunities to socialize with your ICEHS buddies and to encourage your other colleagues in injury control to become section members. Planning is underway for events in these areas:
These events will reach 21% of the section membership. Our goal is to have events in at least 15 cities and reach 50% of the section membership. To volunteer to be an event host in your city, If you are interested hosting a Birthday Blast activity for injury control professionals in area, please contact Cathy Gotschall, cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov, tel. (202) 366-1653, fax (202) 366-2559. - Catherine Gotschall, Chair-Elect cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov GENERAL NEWS:Abstracts of Injury Research and Prevention Literature Available OnlineFree injury literature updates are posted each week to: http://www.safetylit.orgThe SafetyLit listings include abstracts from many journals and agency reports that aren't contained in Medline, as well as those that are. If you would like to receive notice each week when the abstracts are available, please visit the SafetyLit.org Website and sign up for the announcement listserver. Even if you don't sign up for the email notice, you may still visit the WWW site each week to view recent abstracts in the injury research and prevention field. This service has no connection with the fee-based service advertised by Doody and APHA. The APHA service only includes Medline-listed reports but even among the Medline journal papers, SafetyLit contains more and more relevant material. - David Lawrence david.lawrence@sdsu.edu ***************************** International Conference on Safe Communities, Anchorage AKThe Tenth International Conference on Safe Communities will be held in Anchorage, Alaska from May 21-23, 2001. More information and conference registration can be found at the Alaska Injury Prevention Web site: www.alaska-ipc.org - Zoann Murphy Zoann_Murphy@health.state.ak.us ***************************** Johns Hopkins Summer InstitutePrinciples and Practice of Injury Prevention The 10th Annual Johns Hopkins Summer Institute on Principles and Practice of Injury Prevention will be held from June 3-8, 2001, in Baltimore, MD. This one-week intensive course is for professionals new to the field of injury prevention and those who seek to broaden or advance their basic skills and knowledge. Many of the nation's leading experts in injury control from Johns Hopkins and from other institutions conduct the lectures and discussions. Small group exercises are held daily that enable participants to apply what they've learned in lecture and integrate this with previous experience. The week culminates with student presentations of their small group projects. For more information about the course, or about academic credits, contact Susanne Ogaitis-Jones, Ph: (410) 955-2636 Fax: (410) 614-2797, E-mail: sogaitis@jhsph.edu. See our Web site at www.jhsph.edu/Research/Centers/CIRP/ci03006.htm. - Susanne Ogaitis-Jones sogaitis@jhsph.edu***************************** Institute on Science Informing Practice, Practice Questioning Science: Youth Violence Prevention1st Annual Science Informing Practice, Practice Questioning Science: Youth Violence Prevention Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8-9, 2001. Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Youth Violence Prevention, this one and a half day institute will bring together experts in youth violence with clinicians and public health professionals for dialogue and working sessions focused on planning, implementing, and evaluating effective youth violence prevention programs in a variety of settings. The recent Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence will serve as a backdrop and organizing framework for these sessions. Participants will have the opportunity to hear and discuss characteristics of youth violence prevention programs that work and those that fail, risk and protective factors in youth violence prevention, and developing meaningful, realistic outcome criteria. Breakout and small group work sessions will allow participants to apply various models to a youth violence problem in their area of interest. This institute is open to all individuals who have completed (this year or in past years) the JHU Principles and Practice of Injury Prevention Institute or those who have acquired similar knowledge through other course work (with permission). Contact: Phil Leaf, PhD, 624 N. Broadway, Room 827, Baltimore, MD 21205-1996, Phone: 410-955-3962, Fax: 410-955-9088, Email: pleaf@jhsph.edu - Susanne Ogaitis sogaitis@jhsph.edu***************************** International Course in Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Stockholm, SwedenIn response to the need for more health and safety professionals with training in injury prevention and control, the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden are offering an International Course In Injury Control And Safety Promotion. The course will give basic knowledge of concepts and definitions, as well as epidemiology and surveillance. It will also focus on etiology of injuries, but mainly strategies and action plans for safety promotion and injury prevention in various settings at national, regional and local levels. The course will consist of lectures, group works and seminars. In groups with 5 participants in each one, the participants will formulate policies, strategies and plans for implementation concerning some specific topics. The language of the course is English. The course fee is 150 USD. The participants must pay their own costs of travel and accommodation. Accommodation is available a local hotel for 35 USD/night. Applications should be sent to course secretariat: Center for Childhood Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, 2nd Medical School, Charles University, V úvalu 84, 150 06 Praha 5, Czech Republic. Tel/FAX: +420 2 2443 5941. E-mail: michal.grivna@lfmotol.cuni.cz - Michal Grivna michal.grivna@lfmotol.cuni.cz ***************************** Symposium on Examining Rural Environments for the Health and Safety of Children2001 National Farm Medicine Center's First Annual Dean T. Stueland Summer Symposium, June 12-14, 2001, Marshfield, WI. The symposium will explore the broad range of health endpoints of rural children influenced by environmental exposure through rural land use practices and patterns. Persons interested in presenting innovative research and projects should submit information by April 02. The early registration deadline is May 18. Program information and registration materials available are at: www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/symposium2001, or call 800-662-6900 ***************************** ASSE Research Fellowships AvailableThe American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation and the Liberty Mutual Research Center (LMRC) are offering two safety research fellowships at the LMRC in Hopkinton, Massachusetts during the summer of 2001. The program is designed to encourage research activity in safety; expand and stimulate participants' understanding of safety research; and provide a forum for linking safety professionals, industry needs, and quality research programs. This program is open to anyone with an interest in safety research. To obtain a copy of the Guidelines and Applicant Instruction Sheet, visit our website at www.asse.org/founfell.htm. The application deadline is April 1, 2001. - Mary Goranson, ASSE Foundation Manager mgoranson@asse.org ***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTSSocial/Behavioral Research Associate, Highway Safety Research Center, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaWe are looking for a person to join our social/behavioral research team at the UNC Highway Safety Research Center. We conduct a wide variety of research projects to address social and behavioral issues relating to transportation-related injury. Current projects are funded by grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. We also have contracts with a variety of state, national and private funding organizations. Current projects deal with a variety of adolescent behaviors relating to transportation safety (including walking, bicycling and driving). Specific projects focus on bicycle helmet use (and other injury prevention issues) in the Canadian province of British Columbia, efforts of parents in North Carolina to influence their teens' driving behavior, alcohol use among college students, alcohol use by recreational boaters, the current state of Driver Education in North Carolina, driver distraction and transportation issues and safety among the elderly. We conduct a wide range of research studies. Typically these involve (1) inquiry into basic social/behavioral processes as they related to injury prevention, (2) development, implementation and evaluation of community programs to reduce injury, or (3) evaluation of public policies designed to improve transportation safety. We seek a person with good grounding in principles of research, as well as familiarity and experience with survey research data collection, management and analysis. Creativity in problem solving is often needed as we implement field research. Familiarity with a broad range of microcomputer software typically used in social research is important (e.g., spreadsheet, statistical analysis, graphic presentation, word processing). A Master's degree or substantial post-graduate education is essential. For further information regarding the wide range of work we do, see our web site: http://www.hsrc.unc.edu. To apply, please contact Rob Foss, Research Scientist & Manager of Alcohol Studies, Highway Safety Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430. Ph. 919 962 8702; Fax 919 962 8710. - Rob Foss foss@claire.hsrc.unc.edu ***************************** Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center (2 Positions)The Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center at the UCLA School of Public Health has available full-time positions for two senior researchers in injury epidemiology, prevention and control. The SCIPRC was founded in 1989 and is one of 10 Injury Control Research Centers nationwide funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Senior Injury Researcher (PhD Level): The individual selected will supervise ongoing, and plan and initiate new, multidisciplinary research studies focused on high risk populations in Southern California, including minorities, children, the elderly, working populations, victims of disasters, and brain injured individuals. Activities will include developing study protocols and data recording instruments; hiring, training and supervising study staff; developing and implementing procedures to insure continued cooperation of study subjects; coordinating data collection and reduction; analyzing data and formulating scientific and policy conclusions; presenting data and conclusions at conferences and to community groups; and preparing manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed academic journals. Qualifications: doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, or a related scientific field; strong analytic and communication skills; experience in injury control or related fields preferable but not required. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a resume to: Jess F. Kraus MPH PhD, Director, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, 10911 Weyburn Avenue, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2884 Phone: (310) 794-2706 Fax: (310) 794-0787 E-mail: jfkraus@ucla.edu. Senior Injury Researcher (PhD/Masters Level): The individual selected will supervise ongoing, and plan and initiate new, multidisciplinary research studies focused on high risk populations in Southern California. Activities will include assisting in the development of study protocols and data recording instruments; aiding in the recruitment and supervision of study staff; coordinating data collection and reduction; analyzing data and formulating scientific and policy conclusions; presenting data and conclusions at conferences and to community groups; and assisting in the preparation of manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed academic journals. Qualifications: either a doctoral or a masters degree in epidemiology, public health, or a related scientific field; for masters degree level applicants, some record of publication in peer-reviewed academic journals is desirable. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a resume to: Jess F. Kraus MPH PhD, Director, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, 10911 Weyburn Avenue, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2884 Phone: (310) 794-2706 Fax: (310) 794-0787 E-mail: jfkraus@ucla.edu. - Jess Kraus jfkraus@ucla.edu ***************************** Research Faculty Position, Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Violence and Injury Control, Allegheny General Hospital; Pittsburgh, PAA full-time academic position is available for a researcher to join the faculty of the Center for Violence and Injury Control (CVIC) within the Department of Emergency Medicine. Established in 1997, CVIC promotes injury control through a combination of injury research and community programs. Research priorities of the Center include domestic violence, youth violence, and transportation-related injuries. The responsibilities of the position include: (1) providing statistical, epidemiological, and database support services for existing and planned projects; (2) establishing an independent research portfolio in an area relevant to the mission of the Center; (3) obtaining extramural research funds and managing funded research projects; (4) participating in local, statewide, and national meetings relevant to the mission of the Center; (5) authoring peer-reviewed scholarly publications and; (6) participating in the resident education and faculty development training programs of the Department of Emergency Medicine. The position requires a doctoral degree in the health sciences and experience in a similar or related position. Advanced training in research design, statistics, epidemiology, health services research, or evaluation methodology is necessary. Requires experience with grant writing, grant management, and evidence of successful scholarly work. We offer a friendly, collegial work environment with dedicated support staff, hard money support and the opportunity for involvement on existing grants, and a generous compensation package. The salary and level of academic appointment in our affiliated University will be commensurate with experience. The position will begin on July 1, 2001. Applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae via postal service or e-mail to: Jeffrey H. Coben, MD, Director, Center for Violence and Injury Control, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Ave; Suite 214, Snyder Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Email: Jcoben@wpahs.org. - Jeff Coben Jcoben@wpahs.org ***************************** Closing Quote"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 |
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