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Monday, May 14, 2012 NEW STUDY FINDS THAT THE NUMBER OF BATTERY-RELATED ED VISITS BY CHILDREN HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN RECENT YEARS
A new study
conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy has found
that the annual number of battery-related emergency department visits among
children younger than 18 years of age more than doubled over the 20-year study
period, jumping from 2,591 emergency department visits in 1990 to 5,525
emergency department visits in 2009.
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Monday, May 14, 2012 NEW STUDY EXAMINES INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH BABY BOTTLES, PACIFIERS AND SIPPY CUPS IN THE U.S.
A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research
and Policy and the Center for Biobehavioral Health found that approximately
2,270 children younger than three years of age are treated in U.S. emergency
departments each year for injuries associated with baby bottles, pacifiers and
sippy cups.
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Monday, April 16, 2012 CDC ANNOUNCES THE U.S. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR CHILD INJURY PREVENTION
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
announced the release of the U.S. National
Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention today to help guide a national
effort for preventing unintentional childhood injuries.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 CIRP RELEASES INFORMATIONAL VIDEO ON YOUTH BASEBALL SAFETY
An informational video recently released by CIRP shares
guidelines and recommendations to help reduce the occurrences of baseball-related
injuries.
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Monday, March 19, 2012 INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED EXPERT ON STAIRWAY SAFETY ENDORSES CIRP RESEARCH
Jake Pauls, CPE, Internationally-Recognized Expert on Stairway Safety, endorses CIRP stair-related injury research.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 NEW STUDY EXAMINES STAIR-RELATED INJURIES
A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for
Injury Research and Policy found that over 93,000 children younger than five
years of age were treated in U.S. emergency departments each year from 1999
through 2008 for stair-related injuries.
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Monday, March 05, 2012 RESEARCHERS EXAMINE POSTCONCUSSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG CHILDREN WITH MILD TBI
Dr. Keith Yeates and his team of researchers examined
reliable change in postconcussive symptoms and its functional consequences
among eight- to 15-year-old children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) as
compared with children with orthopedic injuries.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 CIRP’S DIRECTOR TO PARTICIPATE IN CPSC’S FIRST TWITTER CHAT
Dr. Gary Smith (@GaryASmithMD) will participate as an injury
prevention expert in a Twitter chat about TV tip-overs.
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Friday, February 10, 2012 CIRP AFFILIATE FACULTY MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN WOMEN’S SUMMIT ON DATING IN THE DIGITAL AGE
CIRP affiliate faculty member and The Ohio State University
Sexuality Studies Associate Professor, Dr. Amy Bonomi, will help participants
of the Women’s Summit on Dating in the Digital Age discover how their use of
technology relates to their individual intimacy style.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 NEW NATIONAL STUDY EXAMINES BALCONY FALL-RELATED INJURESStudy results show that each year over 5,000 injuries are
treated in US emergency departments for fall-related injuries from balconies,
decks, patios, porches, terraces, or verandas. Researchers call for increased
prevention efforts and the establishment of stricter laws and building codes to
reduce balcony fall-related injuries.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 STUDY DETAILS THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTERIZED NEUROCOGNITIVE TESTING FOR CONCUSSIONS
New study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research
and Policy and Children’s Hospital Boston examined how concussions are being
assessed among US high school athletes.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 DR. MARRAS SPEAKS ABOUT THE MINE SAFETY STUDY
Dr. William Marras, an affiliate faculty member at CIRP and Director
of the Biodynamics Laboratory at The Ohio State University, spoke about the
mine safety study commissioned by the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health at the public meeting recently held in Pennsylvania.
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