APHA
Back to Annual Meeting
APHA 2007 APHA
Back to Annual Meeting
APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing
Session: Injury and Violence in the U.S. Military
5121.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Injury and Violence in the U.S. Military
This session provides unique insight into the public health issue of injury and violence among members of the U.S. military.
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the incidence of fall injuries in the US Army. 2. Describe the effects of re-injury on discharge from the US Army. 3. Describe gender differences in injury types among US Army personnel. 4. Articulate the role of college education in preventing injury victimization and perpetration among US Army personnel.
Moderator(s):Michelle Chervak, PhD, MPH
12:30 PM   Falls in a working-age population: The U.S. Army experience
Michelle Canham-Chervak, PhD, MPH, Eric E. Shuping, MD, MPH, Paul J. Amoroso, MD, MPH, Bruce H. Jones, MD, MPH
12:50 PM   Intentional injury victims and perpetrators in the U.S. Army: Is a college education the answer?
Nicole S. Bell, ScD, MPH, Tom Harford, PhD
1:10 PM   Gender Differences in Occupational and Non-Occupational Injuries in the U.S. Army
Hope Tiesman, PhD, MSPH, Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD, MPH, Craig Zwerling, PhD, MD, MPH, Jingzhen Yang, PhD, MPH, Paul J. Amoroso, MD, MPH
1:30 PM   Effects of Re-injury on Military Discharge from the US Army
Hope Tiesman, PhD, MSPH, Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD, MPH, Craig Zwerling, PhD, MD, MPH, Paul Whitten, MA, Paul J. Amoroso, MD, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA