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Peden MM, Puvanachandra P, 2019, Looking back on 10 years of global road safety, International Health, Vol: 11, Pages: 327-330, ISSN: 1876-3405
Every year more than 1.35 million people lose their lives on the road and tens of millions more are injured, some permanently. Since the early 2000s there has been renewed focus on the issue, with the United Nations, World Health Organization and the World Bank placing the issue higher on their agendas. Guided by the United Nations General Assembly, World Health Assembly resolutions and ministerial-level conferences on the global road safety crisis, multisectoral partnerships have synthesised the evidence, advocated for action (there are two Sustainable Development Goal targets with an ambitious goal of reducing deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 50%), raised public awareness, generated funding, piloted interventions and monitored progress. And yet the total number of deaths has plateaued despite some sporadic country-level successes. More needs to be done—more people need to be trained in countries to deliver, monitor and evaluate a systems approach to road safety, more solid evidence of what works in low-resource settings is needed (including sustainable transportation options) and there needs to be a greater focus on optimising care and support for those injured in crashes—if we are to begin to see numbers come down in the next decade.
Janmohammed A, Attwood P, Mtambeka P, et al., 2019, The need for stronger child restraint laws, SAMJ South African Medical Journal, Vol: 109, Pages: 545-545, ISSN: 0256-9574
Clay C, Van As AB, Hunter K, et al., 2019, Latest results show urgent need to address child restraint use., SAMJ South African Medical Journal, Vol: 109, Pages: 66-66, ISSN: 0256-9574
Peden MM, Khayesi M, 2018, <i>Save LIVES</i> technical package: 22 interventions that could make a difference, INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 24, Pages: 381-383, ISSN: 1353-8047
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Borges G, Monteiro M, Cherpitel CJ, et al., 2017, Alcohol and Road Traffic Injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Case-Crossover Study, ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, Vol: 41, Pages: 1731-1737, ISSN: 0145-6008
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Peden M, Di Pietro G, 2017, Saving lives by improving road safety, PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol: 144, Pages: S3-S4, ISSN: 0033-3506
Hyder AA, Paichadze N, Toroyan T, et al., 2017, Monitoring the Decade of Action for Global Road Safety 2011-2020: An update, GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol: 12, Pages: 1492-1505, ISSN: 1744-1692
Mock CN, Smith KR, Kobusingye O, et al., 2017, Injury Prevention and Environmental Health: Key Messages from Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition
Injury Prevention and Environmental Health identifies essential prevention strategies and related policies that address substantial population health needs and that are cost-effective and feasible to implement. This volume addresses diverse conditions that arise from exposure to outside forces, such as chemicals and toxins, kinetic energy, or thermal energy. These conditions require similar policy approaches to reducing risk and mandate involvement of multiple sectors. Included in this group of conditions are injuries attributable to unintentional mechanisms (road traffic crashes, falls, burns, and drowning); injuries attributable to intentional mechanisms (interpersonal violence); disorders caused by or aggravated by exposure to airborne toxins (air pollution); occupational issues (injuries and disorders caused by or aggravated by toxins in the workplace); and waterborne infectious diseases. This volume focuses exclusively on interventions to prevent these conditions. Treatment for health conditions resulting from injury and environmental risk factors is covered in other volumes of the third edition of Disease Control Priorities (DCP3), as are immunizations and prevention of suicide (Black, Laxminarayan, and others 2016; Black, Levin, and others 2016; Bundy and others 2017; Debas and others 2015; Mock and others 2015; Patel and others 2015; Patel and others 2016; Prabhakaran and others 2017). In this review, we identify several key messages. First, there is a large health burden from injury, occupational risk factors, air pollution, unclean water, and poor sanitation. These conditions are major global health problems to which inadequate attention has been directed. Second, these disorders and the risk factors that cause them have predictable patterns across stages of national development. Understanding these patterns can assist with the planning of prevention efforts. Third, cost-effective and cost-beneficial interventions that can address these conditions already
Ivers R, Brown K, Norton R, et al., 2016, Road Traffic Injuries, International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Pages: 393-400, ISBN: 9780128036785
Road traffic injuries are a major source of death and injury worldwide, with more than 1.2. million people killed each year and estimated costs of $518. billion. Much of the burden is sustained by vulnerable road users in low- and middle-income countries and this is expected to increase, with road traffic injuries projected to become the second leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. Prevention of road traffic injuries is best managed by a systems approach, which addresses the behavioral, road-related, and vehicle-related factors that affect the number and severity of road-traffic-related injuries.
Hyder AA, Norton R, Perez-Nunez R, et al., 2016, The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network: a decade of research capacity strengthening in low- and middle-income countries, Health Research Policy and Systems, Vol: 14, Pages: 1-9, ISSN: 1478-4505
Road traffic crashes have been an increasing threat to the wellbeing of road users worldwide; an unacceptably high number of people die or become disabled from them. While high-income countries have successfully implemented effective interventions to help reduce the burden of road traffic injuries (RTIs) in their countries, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not yet achieved similar results. Both scientific research and capacity development have proven to be useful for preventing RTIs in high-income countries. In 1999, a group of leading researchers from different countries decided to join efforts to help promote research on RTIs and develop the capacity of professionals from LMICs. This translated into the creation of the Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) – a partnership of over 1,100 road safety professionals from 114 countries collaborating to facilitate reductions in the burden of RTIs in LMICs by identifying and promoting effective, evidenced-based interventions and supporting research capacity building in road safety research in LMICs. This article presents the work that RTIRN has done over more than a decade, including production of a dozen scientific papers, support of nearly 100 researchers, training of nearly 1,000 people and 35 scholarships granted to researchers from LMICs to attend world conferences, as well as lessons learnt and future challenges to maximize its work.
Stoker P, Garfinkel-Castro A, Khayesi M, et al., 2015, Pedestrian Safety and the Built Environment: A Review of the Risk Factors, JOURNAL OF PLANNING LITERATURE, Vol: 30, Pages: 377-392, ISSN: 0885-4122
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Hyder AA, Tran NT, Bachani AM, et al., 2015, Child and adolescent injury prevention, Child and Adolescent Health Issues (A Tribute to the Pediatrician Donald E Greydanus), Pages: 167-181, ISBN: 9781634635745
More than 875,000 children die from preventable injuries annually. Developing effective interventions to prevent child and adolescent injuries remains a major challenge for the field. A number of intervention strategies such as the use of helmets, seat-belts, and pool fences, have been shown to be effective at preventing injury-related deaths in children. The objective of this study was to estimate the potential reductions in injury-related child mortality that can be achieved through the implementation of a select group of existing interventions. A review of the literature on intervention strategies applicable to childhood unintentional injuries was conducted. Data on intervention effectiveness were then extracted from the literature identified and applied to current estimates of injury-related child mortality. This study assumed equality of intervention effectiveness across world regions. 80 papers and reports were reviewed from which effectiveness data on twelve intervention strategies applicable to the prevention of injury among children were identified. If each of these twelve intervention strategies were implemented globally, the result may be the prevention of between 8,000 to 80,000 child deaths for each type of injury. While the urgent need to research and identify new intervention strategies for preventing injury deaths in children remains, this analysis has demonstrated that there might be tremendous benefits-up to 1,000 child lives a day, that may be realized through enhanced coverage of existing interventions which have already been tried and tested.
Dhaffala A, Longo-Mbenza B, Kingu JH, et al., 2013, Demographic profile and epidemiology of injury in Mthatha, South Africa., Afr Health Sci, Vol: 13, Pages: 1144-1148
OBJECTIVE: To determine the magnitude, socio-demographic and epidemiological characteristics of injury at a Provincial referral hospital. METHODS: This review was conducted on all trauma patients admitted at the Mthatha Hospital Complex and Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital from the 1(st) January 1997 to the 31(st) December 2000. RESULTS: The incident rate of injuries was 3.2% (n=2460/75,833 total admissions). Injured patients were mostly black (80%) and males (ratio: 5 men: 1 woman). Only 8.1% of injured patients were transported to hospital by ambulances. The leading causes of injuries were inter-personal violence accounting for 60% of cases, and motor vehicle accidents accounting for 19%; of them 38% were due to poor visibility, over speeding, and fatigue. The overall mortality was 33% (n=821) independently predicted by poverty (OR=8.2 95%CI 6-11.1; P<0.0001) and age>40 years(OR=7.8 95%CI 7.7-12.1;P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: The burden of injury is a mass issue that warrants regional attention with quality of care and training.
Toroyan T, Khayesi M, Peden M, 2013, Time to prioritise safe walking, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INJURY CONTROL AND SAFETY PROMOTION, Vol: 20, Pages: 197-202, ISSN: 1745-7300
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Ackaah W, Afukaar F, Agyemang W, et al., 2013, The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets in low- and middle-income countries: a multicentre study, INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 19, Pages: 158-163, ISSN: 1353-8047
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Peden M, Kobusingye O, Monono ME, 2013, Africa's roads - the deadliest in the world, SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol: 103, Pages: 228-+, ISSN: 0256-9574
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Toroyan T, Peden MM, Iaych K, 2013, WHO launches second global status report on road safety, INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 19, Pages: 150-150, ISSN: 1353-8047
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Toroyan T, Peden M, Iaych K, et al., 2013, More action needed to protect vulnerable road users, LANCET, Vol: 381, Pages: 977-979, ISSN: 0140-6736
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Ozanne-Smith J, Bartolomeos KK, Peden MM, 2012, WHO launches guide to fatal injury data collection, INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 18, Pages: 421-421, ISSN: 1353-8047
Peden MM, diPietro G, Hyder AA, 2012, Two years into the road safety in 10 countries project: how are countries doing?, INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 18, Pages: 279-279, ISSN: 1353-8047
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Hyder AA, Allen KA, Di Pietro G, et al., 2012, Addressing the Implementation Gap in Global Road Safety: Exploring Features of an Effective Response and Introducing a 10-Country Program, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol: 102, Pages: 1061-1067, ISSN: 0090-0036
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Chisholm D, Naci H, Ali A, et al., 2012, Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat road traffic injuries in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study, BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol: 344, ISSN: 1756-1833
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Larson K, Henning K, Peden M, 2012, The Importance of Data for Global Road Safety, TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 13, Pages: 3-4, ISSN: 1538-9588
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Peden M, 2010, Road safety in 10 countries, INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 16, ISSN: 1353-8047
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Peden M, 2010, UN General Assembly calls for decade of action for road safety, INJURY PREVENTION, Vol: 16, Pages: 213-213, ISSN: 1353-8047
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Toroyan T, Peden M, 2009, How safe are the world's roads?, BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, Vol: 87, Pages: 736-736, ISSN: 0042-9686
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Hyder AA, Sugerman DE, Puvanachandra P, et al., 2009, Global childhood unintentional injury surveillance in four cities in developing countries: a pilot study, BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, Vol: 87, Pages: 345-352, ISSN: 0042-9686
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Harvey A, Towner E, Peden M, et al., 2009, Injury prevention and the attainment of child and adolescent health, BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, Vol: 87, Pages: 390-394, ISSN: 0042-9686
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Mock C, Peden M, Hyder AA, et al., 2009, Child injuries and violence: responding to a global challenge, BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, Vol: 87, Pages: 326-326, ISSN: 0042-9686
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Ameratunga SN, Peden M, 2009, World report on child injury prevention: A wake-up call, INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED, Vol: 40, Pages: 469-470, ISSN: 0020-1383
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- Citations: 7
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