Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
4770 Buford Hwy NE F62
Atlanta, GA
USA 30341
Email: kmack@cdc.gov
Disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Senior Behavioral Scientist. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Home & Recreation Team, April 2004-present (full time).
Ph.D., August 1995, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Sociology
PUBLICATIONS:
Judy Stevens, Karin Mack, Leonard Paulozzi and Michael Ballesteros. 2008. Self-Reported Falls and Fall-Related Injuries Among Persons Aged >65 Years —United States, 2006, Journal of Safety Research, 39:345-49.
Fuzhong Li, Peter Harmer, Russell Glasgow, Karin A. Mack, David Sleet, K. John Fisher, Melvin A. Kohn, Lisa M. Millet, Jennifer Mead, Junheng Xu, Mei-Li Lin, Tingzhong Yang, Hang Zhou, Beth Sutton, Willamalane Tompkins. 2008. “Translation of an effective Tai Chi intervention into a community-based falls prevention program”, American Journal of Public Health , 98(7):1195-1198.
Karin A. Mack, Julie Gilchrist, and Michael F. Ballesteros. 2008. “Injuries among infants treated in emergency departments, United States, 2001-2004”, Pediatrics, 121(5):930-937
Fuzhong Li, Peter Harmer, Karin A. Mack, David Sleet, K. John Fisher, Melvin A. Kohn, Lisa M. Millet, Junheng Xu, Tingzhong Yang, Hang Zhou, Beth Sutton, Yvaughn Tompkins. 2008. “Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance – Development of a community-based falls prevention program”, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 5:445-455.
Karin A. Mack, Ellen Sogolow, Darcy Strouse and Paula Darby Lipman. 2008. “The role of supervision of children in injury prevention: Report from a CDC workshop”, Salud Pública de México, 50:Supplement 1: S112-114.
Judy A. Stevens, Karin A. Mack, Leonard Paulozzi, Michael F. Ballesteros, 2008. “Prevalence of Falls and Fall Injuries among People Aged >65 Years—U.S., 2006”, MMWR, 57(9):225-229.
Julie Gilchrist and Karin A. Mack. 2008. “Prevalence of pools and adequate pool fencing – US, 2001-2003,” International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2(1):16-26.
Shane T. Diekman, Sean P. Kearney, Mary E. O’Neil and Karin A. Mack. 2007. A Qualitative Study of Homeowners’ Emergency Preparedness Experiences, Perceptions and Practices, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 22(6):494-501.
Mary E. O’Neil, Karin A. Mack and Julie Gilchrist, 2007. “Snake bite injuries treated in United States emergency departments, 2001-2004”, Wilderness Environmental Medicine, 18:281-287.
Karin A. Mack, Julie Gilchrist and Michael F. Ballesteros. 2007. “Unintentional injuries among infants age 0-12 months”, Journal of Safety Research, 38(5):609-612.
Mary E. O’Neil, Karin A. Mack and Julie Gilchrist. 2007. “Non-canine bite and sting injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments, 2001-2003”, Public Health Reports, 122 (Nov-Dec):764-775.
Laurie Beck, Ruth Shults, Karin Mack and George Ryan. 2007. “Comparison of factors associated with safety belt use in states with and without primary enforcement laws”, AJPH, 97(9):1619-24.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.