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Centers for Disease Control's perspective on youth concussion

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Deb Houry, MD , National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
This session will provide the public health and CDC perspective on youth concussion. Dr. Houry will describe the development of a new CDC national strategy on youth sports concussion.

Learning Areas:

Clinical medicine applied in public health
Public health or related education
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Discuss CDC's role in preventing youth concussions.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Director for the Center for Injury Prevention and Control. I teach several courses on violence and injury prevention at Emory. Her primary research interests are in the prevention of violence against women, mental health issues related to violence, and emergency care. I have been the Principal Investigator on several federally funded grants and has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on injury prevention and violence.
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.

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