2036.1 Transportation-Related Injury Posters

Sunday, November 8, 2009: 2:30 PM
Poster
Participants at this poster session will learn about various transportation-related injury topics including those related to motorcycles, riding lawn mowers, pedestrians, and risky driving. The epidemiology of various injuries will be shown, and efforts to prevent transportation-related injuries will also be presented.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe the distribution and determinants of at least three difference transportation-related injury topics. 2. Differentiate between domestic and global challenges to studying and prevention transportation-related injuries. 3. Identify specific risks and challenges related to helmet use and motorcycle-related injury prevention.

Board 1
Motorcycle helmet use in fatal crashes among US riders ages 15-20, 1997-2007
Mary Fales, MPH, Alison L. Peaper, MPH, MSc, Gregory Steele, DrPH,MPH and Joseph O'Neil, MD
Board 2
A critical review of motorcycle safety countermeasure studies and recommendations for future research in the United States
John M. Bigham, MPH, Thomas M. Rice, MPH, PhD and David R. Ragland, PhD, MPH
Board 3
Predictors of helmet use behaviors among San Francisco Bay Area motorcyclists
Thomas M. Rice, MPH, PhD, Casey Tsui, MPH and Swati Pande
Board 4
Conduct disorder and sleep deficit as risk factors for risky driving behaviors and problematic alcohol use
Jamison D. Fargo, PhD, Michael Lyons, MD and Marilyn S. Sommers, PhD
Board 5
A Comparison of Drivers with High versus Low Perceived Risk of Being Caught and Arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
Kenneth Beck, PhD, FAAHB, James C. Fell, MS and Alice Fang Yan, MD
Board 6
Epidemiology of emergency department visits for injuries associated with riding lawn mowers, United States, 2002-2007
Bart Hammig, PhD, MPH and Elizabeth Childers, MPH
Board 7
Screening for Risky Driving Practices in an Urban Emergency Department
Marilyn S. Sommers, PhD, Michael Lyons, MD and Jamison D. Fargo, PhD
Board 8
Who's Your Partner in Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention? Building Effective Public Health and Law Enforcement Relationships in Indian Country
Stephen R. Piontkowski, MS, RS and Gordon Tsatoke, MPH
Board 9
PHOTOVOICE: Children's Perspectives on Road Safety in Seven Countries
Sally Williams, MPH and Moira P. Donahue, MBA
Board 10
Environmental Task Forces: Modifying Environments to Improve Pedestrian Safety for Children
Sally Williams, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

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