evaluation
collection of the methods, skills, and activities necessary to determince whether a serice or program is needed, likely to be used, conducted as planned and actually helps people.
Haddon Matrix
a framework developed by william haddon jr MD as a method to generate ideas about injury prevention that address the host, agent, and environment and their impact in the pre-event and post-event phases of the injury process
health insurance portability and accountability act
the first national standards established to protect the confidentiality of patients health information
implementation plan
a strategy for carrying out an intervention including goals, objectives activities evaluation measures, resource assessment and time line.
intentional injuries
injuries that are purposefully inflicted by a person on himself or herself or on another person; example include suicide or attempted suicide, homicide, rape assault, domestic abuse, elder abuse and child abuse.
interventions
in the context of prevention, specific measures or activities designed to meet a program objective; categories include education/behavior change enforcement/legislation, engineering/technology, and economic incentives
limited data set
information necessary for public health and research such as some geographic information, birth dates and dates of treatment.
morbidity
number of non fatally injured or disabled people; usually expressed as a rate, meaning the number of nonfatal injuries in a certain population in a given time period divided by the size of the population
mortality
deaths caused by injury and disease; usually expressed as a rate, meaning the number of deaths in a certain population in a given time period divided by the size of the population
outcome (impact) Objectives
State the intended effect of the program on participants or on the community in such terms as the participants increased knowledge changed behaviors or attitudes or decreased injury rates.
passive interventions
something that offers automatic protection from injury or illness, often without requiring any conscious change of behavior by the person; child resistance bottles and air bags are some examples.
primary prevention
keeping an injury or illness from occuring
process objectives
state how a program will be implemented describing the service to be provided the nature of the service and to whom it will be directed
protected health information (PHI)
Data that contain the patients name, address and other specific identifiers
public health
an industry whose mission is to prevent disease and promote good health within groups of people
risk
a potentially hazardous situation that puts people in a position in which they could be harmed
risk factors
characterisitics of people, behaviors, or environments that increase the chances of disease or injury; some examples are alcohol use, poverty, smoking, or gender.
secondary prevention
reducing the effects of an injury or illness that has already happened.
surveillance
the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of injury data essential to the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice.
unintentional injuries
injuries that occur without intent to harm (commonly called accidents); some examples are motor vehicle crashes poisonings, drownings, falls and most burns