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Resources by Topic: Injuries

Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Associated with Animal Injuries, 2009
Provides data on treat-and-release emergency department visits and hospitalizations related to animal bites, stings, and other animal-related injuries. Includes information by location of patient residence for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Annelise Adams, Janet P. Sutton, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 05/2012
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010
Summarizes data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and includes estimates on various health measures of the U.S. population such as health status, special education, early intervention services, health insurance coverage, injury, health care access, and limitations in activities. Includes some data by place of residence for large metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), small MSAs, and nonmetro (not in an MSA) areas.
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Safety in Numbers: Are Major Cities the Safest Places in the United States?
Compares injury risk in urban areas to those in suburban and rural areas. Reports that death rates for injury are higher in frontier and rural areas.
Author(s): Sage R. Myers, Charles C. Branas, Benjamin C. French, et al.
Citation: Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(4), 408-418
Date: 10/2011
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Altitude, Gun Ownership, Rural Areas, and Suicide
Analyzes the relationship between the mean county and state altitude with total age-adjusted firearm and non-firearm suicide rates, gun ownership, and population densities within the western part of the United States.
Author(s): Namkug Kim, Jennie B. Mickelson, Barry E. Brenner, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(1), 49-54
Date: 01/2011
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Town-level Comparisons May be an Effective Alternative in Comparing Rural and Urban Differences: A Look at Accidental Traumatic Brain Injuries in North Texas Children
Summarizes the results of examined data on North Texas pediatric traumatic brain injury among four levels of rurality: urban city, large town, small town, and isolated town.
Author(s): Brian Robertson, Charles McConnell
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(1), 1521
Date: 01/2011
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Occupational Injury and Treatment Patterns of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
Highlights a study based on a survey of migrant and seasonal workers in Maine and New York regarding occupational injuries and treatment locations. Breaks down rate of migrant health center and emergency room utilization, as well as the rate of injuries treated elsewhere and those that went untreated.
Author(s): Melissa A. Brower, Giulia B. Earle-Richardson, John J. May, Paul L. Jenkins
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 14(2), 172-178
Date: 05/2009
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Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives
Thematic issue focused on American Indian/Alaska Native health disparities related to diabetes, cancer, bronchiolitis, injury mortality, and vaccination rates.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 52(30)
Date: 08/2003
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rural Healthy People 2010
Focuses on the top rural health concerns and objectives associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus areas. Volume 1 contains brief overviews of the top ten rural health priority areas, as well as associated models for practice. Volume 2 contains in-depth literature reviews for each of the top rural health priority areas. Volume 3 addresses additional focus areas, with overviews, literature reviews, and accompanying models for practice.
Additional links: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Date: 2003
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
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Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Educational Materials
Collection of outreach and employer training materials covering common agricultural health and safety topics. Topics include heat illness, personal protective equipment, diabetes, infectious diseases, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
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AgInjuryNews.org
Database of news articles tracking agriculture-related injuries. Includes filters by location, type of injury, type of operation, fatality, suicide, demographics, and more. Requires a free account to access database.
Sponsoring organization: National Farm Medicine Center
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