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American Public Health AssociationInjury Control and Emergency Health Services SectionAPHA ICEHS Electronic News Vol. 9 No. 2February 2002***************************** APHA ICEHS Electronic News is circulated on the 15th of each month. CONTENTSSection News
General News
Position Announcements
***************************** SECTION NEWS:Report from Scientific Program CommitteeThanks to everyone who submitted an abstract for the annual meeting! Approximately 160 abstracts were received. Currently the submitted abstracts are being peer-reviewed by our dedicated reviewers. A reminder that the scientific sessions at the 2002 annual meeting will begin on sunday and finish on wednesday. In contrast to previous years, there will be no Thursday sessions at the 2002 annual meeting. Please take this new format into account when planning your travel. For more information, see APHA's program-at-a-glance http://www.apha.org/meetings/2002paag.pdf - Steve Marshall (SMarshall@unc.edu), Beth Moracco (Moracco@email.unc.edu), Anna Waller (AWaller@med.unc.edu). ***************************** Dr. Akhter to Leave APHADate: January 18, 2002 I wish to inform you that I have received a letter from Dr. Akhter indicating that he will not renew his contract as Executive Director of the APHA at the end of his present three-year term. A copy of his letter is attached. Dr. Akhter assumed the office of Executive Director in January 1998. During his five years in office he has overseen a dramatic expansion in the role of public health in the United States, and he has played a major role in assuring that APHA helped to guide this expansion. He also made major contributions to the effectiveness of APHA in its principal roles in public policy development and advocacy; education of public health professionals and the public; and dissemination of the results of research in public health. In summarizing the key events of Dr. Akhter's tenure as Executive Director, I would list the following:
Dr. Akhter has indicated that he will continue to work with APHA's leadership and staff until he leaves, in the effort to improve the health of the public and to strengthen the APHA. The Executive Board will meet on January 28-29th and will appoint a search committee to initiate the process of searching for a new Executive Director. Dr. Akhter has done an outstanding job and has advanced APHA greatly in multiple areas of public health. I know that we will all miss his broad, forward-thinking leadership and excellent outreach to the public and to health professionals. Change also brings new opportunities. We all need to work together in the months ahead to facilitate a successful search for a new Executive Director, to support the staff, and to ensure a seamless transition. I am certain that you will all join me in thanking Dr. Akhter for his outstanding performance as our Executive Director and wishing him well in his future endeavors. Dr. Akhter's Letter to the Executive BoardJanuary 7, 2001 Dear Dr. Prince: It has been my great honor and privilege to serve as the Executive Director of the American Public Health Association for the past five years. This position has given me the opportunity to work with some of the most distinguished leaders of public health in the world. I have especially enjoyed working with you and the members of the Executive Board, and with our exceptional staff. Together we have significantly contributed to the improvement of public health as well as to strengthening the Association, including: the construction of APHA's first headquarters building; improvement in relationships with other health-related organizations; enhancement of the visibility of public health; modernization of the American Journal of Public Health; and expansion of APHA's educational programs. In addition, we have focused on long-term issues of importance to the public's health such as facilitation of the national effort to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health; enactment and expansion of a children's health insurance program; active engagement in global health programs; and leadership of the effort to obtain the greatest expansion of funding for the public health infrastructure in the Nation's history. As we look at this list, we can all be truly proud of our accomplishments. Due to personal circumstances, I have decided not to seek another term as Executive Director of the APHA. I wanted to inform you of my decision early enough to assure the proper transition of leadership for our truly great American institution. In the interim, I intend to continue working with APHA's leadership and staff on issues of importance to the Association and to the field of public health. Once again, I wish to express my appreciation for your leadership and I look forward to working with you and the other members of the Executive Board as we continue our efforts to further strengthen APHA. Best wishes. ***************************** Letter of Introduction from the NATAHello ICEHS members. My name is Jim Brenner and I am the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) liaison to the APHA. I am a member of both associations and the ICEHS Section. I strongly believe the APHA, and particularly the ICEHS Section, have many common interests with the NATA that could be better served by collaboration and the exchange of information. Certified athletic trainers (ATC) are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries to athletes and others engaged in physical activity. Certified athletic trainers work in a variety of settings including: secondary schools, colleges, professional athletic teams, corporate health programs, sports medicine clinics, physicians' offices and industrial health programs. Athletic trainers are nationally certified and recognized by the American Medical Association as an Allied Health Profession since 1990. Certified athletic trainers have a vital role in primary, secondary and tertiary injury prevention in physically active populations. Athletic trainers and the NATA have been involved in the National SAFE KIDS Campaign since 2000. The NATA has also recently published Position Statements on Lightning Safety and Fluid Replacement. The NATA will hold its' 53rd Annual Clinical Symposia June 14-18, 2002, in Dallas, TX. Previous speakers at the symposia have included APHA and ICEHS members. If you wish to learn more about the NATA and ATCs, you can do so by logging onto the NATA Web site at www.nata.org/. I would welcome any opportunities to discuss with you any ways in which both associations could work more closely. You can contact me at brenner@voicenet.com. I plan to use the ICEHS newsletter to inform you about NATA related events and news, including the annual symposia and National Athletic Training Month coming in March. ICEHS announcements and events of note (such as the current Call for Abstracts) will also be featured in NATA News. Thank you. - Jim Brenner brenner@voicenet.com ***************************** GENERAL NEWSWho Guidelines on Monitoring InjuriesExperts from more than 50 countries have combined forces to produce guidelines that will help healthcare staff in developing countries to set up systems to monitor the toll of death and disability from injuries. The manual, which is published by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, is designed to help planners and front line clinical staff produce systematic data on injuries, whether they are working in a computerized city hospital or a remote first aid clinic. The information that the systems generate will help target action to cut injury rates. Injuries, whether intentional or unintentional, have been seen as the "Cinderella" of the public health movement. Prevention has been neglected until recently largely because, the WHO has argued, injuries were viewed as accidents or random events. Now that the role of prevention from seat belts to fire safety is better understood, public health efforts are still hampered by lack of information on numbers, types, and circumstances of injuries. Monitoring systems are least developed in poorer countries, where the toll of deaths and disability is often highest. Although the guidelines are designed as a practical aid to setting up data collection systems in all settings, they are meant to be particularly useful in countries with severe restraints on resources. They explain how to set up simple, cheap but effective systems for collecting, coding, and processing data in places where there may be little or no electronic equipment, inadequate electricity supplies, few staff, and no research expertise. The manual reproduces model forms used in hospitals in South Africa, Jamaica, and Nicaragua. More than five million people die worldwide from injuries each year, and many more have permanent or short term disabilities, according to WHO figures. Road traffic collisions are the leading cause of injury related deaths in men, and self inflicted harm is the main cause in women. But causes vary by region. In Africa, wars are the main cause of death from injuries, whereas in China self inflicted injuries are the main factor. The WHO's injury surveillance guidelines are available at: www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/index.html ***************************** The 11th Annual Johns Hopkins Summer Institute: Principles and Practice of Injury Prevention. June 2-7, 2002. Baltimore, Maryland.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 which 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. Registration begins in February 2002. Please register early as space is limited and fills up quickly. For more information about the course, or about academic credits, contact Diane Reintzell, Phone: (410) 955-2079, Fax: (410) 614-2797, E-mail: dreintze@jhsph.edu or, from mid-February, see www.jhsph.edu/Research/Centers/CIRP/ci03006.htm for more details. -Andrea C. Gielen agielen@jhsph.edu ***************************** Conference Calendar AvailableA calendar of injury-related conferences, courtesy NCIPC, is available at:
***************************** 6th World Conference on Injury Prevention and ControlThe 6th World Conference will be held 12-15 May, 2002, in Montreal Canada. Early bird discount registration will continue until 01-25-2002. Presenters include Dr. Sue Binder, Director of the National Center for Injury Control and Prevention, and Dr. Jeff Runge, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. See http://www.trauma2002.com for more details. ***************************** Report AvailableIn February 2001, many firearm injury researchers met in Los Angeles to discuss the needs of the field. A document summarizing their discussions was distributed to policy makers in early January 2002. If you would like a copy of the report, please contact Susan B. Sorenson of the UCLA School of Public Health at sorenson@ucla.edu. ***************************** Invitation to Submit Injury and Violence Manuscripts to the American Journal of Health BehaviorThere will be a theme issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior on the Health Behavior Approaches to Injury and Violence. Karen Liller and David Sleet are the guest editors. The American Journal of Health Behavior is the official journal of the American Academy of Health Behavior and is indexed in Index Medicus. This research-based journal strives to provide a comprehensive understanding of the impact of personal attributes, personality characteristics, behavior patterns, social structure and processes on health maintenance, health restoration and health improvement; disseminate knowledge of holistic, multi-disciplinary approaches to designing and implementing effective health programs; and to showcase health behavior analysis skills that have proven to impact health improvement and recovery. Manuscripts related to these objectives that focus on injury and violence are welcome. Please link to www.ajhb.org for the instructions for authors. All manuscripts are due by March 31, 2002. If you have further questions before submission of your manuscript please contact Karen Liller at kliller@hsc.usf.edu or David Sleet at dds6@cdc.gov. You can send manuscripts to either guest editor as an e-mail attachment. We prefer to receive manuscripts in Microsoft Word format. The manuscripts (after being proofread by the guest editors) will be submitted to the American Journal of Health Behavior for the blind peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be returned to the authors for necessary changes. Upon receipt of the final copies, galley proofs will be sent to the authors 10-12 weeks prior to publication. - Karen Liller kliller@hsc.usf.edu ***************************** KID Web site focuses on Children and Product SafetyA recent Web site www.KidsInDanger.org focuses on issues around Childhood Injury and Product Safety. Kids In Danger (KID) was founded by Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar in 1998, after the death of their 16-month-old son, Daniel Keysar, in a faulty portable crib. The organization is dedicated to the memory of Danny and all victims of dangerous children's products. Their mission is to: 1. promote the development of safer children's products; 2. advocate for a legislative and regulatory strategy for children's product safety.; and, 3. educate the public, especially parents and caregivers, about dangerous children's products. They are also promoting a new book "It's No Accident : How Corporations Sell Dangerous Baby Products" by E. Marla Felcher (available for $12.56, via a link on their website..part of the purchase cost is donated to KID if you use the link on their site to buy the book). - Steve Marshall Smarshall@unc.edu ***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTChief, Evaluation Core Unit, The University of North Carolina, Injury Prevention Research Center Doctoral level training in public health, social science or closely related area. Experience in conducting quantitative evaluation research and publishing evaluation research findings in peer reviewed journals; excellent organizational and writing skills; ability to play leadership role in research or program evaluation activities. Experience public health program or policy development associated with injury control strongly preferred. Principal functions of this position include: developing the Center's core resources and agenda in evaluation research; identifying potential faculty collaborators and nurturing their involvement in the Center; securing external funding for evaluation research; developing strategies for involving students in injury control through both mentored relationships and linkages to classroom training; developing strategies to translate evaluation research findings and methodologies to other researchers, practitioners and policy makers . Ability to mentor junior colleagues and work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment will be carefully considered. Approximate salary:$50,000 - $65,000. See website for details: www.sph.unc.edu/iprc. Send letter, CV and names of references to: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTInjury Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management Applications are invited for a tenure-track position (Assistant, Associate, or full Professor) for an epidemiologist with an earned doctorate and experience in injury research. The successful applicant will be a member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, with the potential for a joint appointment in the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and/or Epidemiology. Responsibilities will include directing the NIOSH-funded training program in Occupational Injury Epidemiology and teaching a graduate-level course on the Epidemiology of Injuries. The Department seeks candidates with a track record in the design, conduct, and publication of epidemiological research. Collaborative opportunities include violence prevention, rehabilitation research, environmental policy, and emergency preparedness. Interested applicants must mail a full curriculum vitae and a letter providing references and describing special interests to Professor Susan P. Baker, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore MD, 21205. In addition, the information can be emailed to sbaker@jhsph.edu. Deadline is May 1, 2002. Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. - Susan Baker sbaker@jhsph.edu ***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTRural Youth Safety Specialist, National Farm Medicine Center-ML1, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation The NFMC/National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) is funded by two federal agencies, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). The MCHB-funded activities are associated with three other sites which together are referred to as the Children's Safety Network (CSN). Job Summary: The Rural Youth Safety Specialist is responsible for several day-to-day project activities relating to the MCHB-funded National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. Responsibilities include a variety of advanced health and safety activities, verbal and written communications, and initiatives designed to build capacity for injury prevention activities with maternal and child health audiences at the federal, national, state, and community level. This individual acts as the primary contact for some of the technical assistance inquiries related to rural health and safety and injury prevention issues associated with youth. -Chris Hanna hannac@mmrf.mfldclin.edu ***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTTraining Fellowships In Occupational Injury Epidemiology The University of Iowa, College of Public Health, introduces a new and exciting training program in Occupational Injury Epidemiology. The program is offered by the University's Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, a NIOSH-funded Education and Research Center. Training activities will be closely coordinated with the Injury Prevention Research Center. Recipients will receive a stipend and tuition and will have excellent opportunities to be trained in cutting-edge occupational injury research. Recipients must apply and be admitted to the UI College of Public Health in the Departments of Epidemiology or Occupational and Environmental Health. Students applying for doctoral training are eligible for fellowship grants. The UI College of Public Health, established in 1998, is a new and growing program with wonderful opportunities for students. This is one of the few training programs in injury control, and a new opportunity to be trained in an important and emerging field. For more information, please contact Drs. Craig Zwerling or Corinne Peek-Asa at (319) 335-4895 or corinne-peek-asa@uiowa.edu. - Corinne Peek-Asa corinne-peek-asa@uiowa.edu ***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTTechnical Assistance Specialist/Research Associate, Children's Safety Network National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center, Education Development Center, Inc. Available: Full-time position (includes benefits) available immediately Project description: The Children's Safety Network (CSN) is a national resource center funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Bureau to assist public health, school, and other professionals to prevent child and adolescent injuries and violence. The main office is located at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in Newton, MA. The advertised position will work out of the CSN Washington DC office. CSN's goals are to assist MCH and other injury prevention professionals to develop, implement, and evaluate child and adolescent injury prevention programs; collaborate with other organizations and groups; and effect changes in injury-and violence-related public policy. CSN provides technical assistance and training, synthesizes research, and develops and disseminates publications primarily to support regional and state MCH professionals across the US. The Washington, DC office has the lead role in developing and maintaining working relationships with national organizations, in providing technical assistance on all injury topics but especially school-related injury prevention and violence prevention, and in representing MCHB with other federal agencies as requested. Responsibilities: The Technical Assistance Specialist (TAS) at the Washington, DC office will provide technical assistance on injury and violence prevention. The TAS will organize information and CSN progress in report form. The TAS will provide administrative and substantive support for site visits to state health departments. The TAS will prepare presentations and assist in the preparation of training sessions aimed at public health professionals. The TAS will also assist with outreach to national organizations. The TAS will develop charts, templates, and questionnaires to facilitate information gathering and planning. In addition, the TAS will support senior staff working in the areas of school-related injury prevention and violence prevention. The TAS will also write grants and identify and track funding opportunities. The TAS will research injury prevention topic areas, develop and staff conference displays, and update databases. The TAS may participate in writing articles for publication and will conduct other tasks as assigned by the Washington, DC Assistant Director. The TAS will work closely with all Washington-based CSN staff, as well as with CSN staff in the Newton, MA office. The TAS will be supervised by the CSN Assistant Director. Qualifications: Must work well with other staff, have excellent computer skills, and strong oral and written communication skills. Must have the ability to plan, organize, complete multiple tasks, and successfully synthesize research. The TAS must be able to work independently to complete assigned tasks, and be highly motivated to learn new tasks and content. Injury and/or violence prevention knowledge and experience is preferred. Knowledge of program development, implementation and evaluation processes are desirable. Previous employment in a state or local health agency is a plus. Must have a bachelor's degree in health-related or education field and 2-3 years of related work experience. Master's degree in public health, education, or related field is a plus. Send resume and cover letter to: EDC is committed to diversity in the workplace. EDC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. EDC is a smoke-free environment. ***************************** "Our world is a neighborhood. We must learn to live together as brothers [and sisters], or we will perish as fools." - Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. |
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