Injury Epidemiology 585

"Principles of Injury Research, Control and Prevention"

Lead Instructor: Melissa Schiff, M.D., M.P.H.

This graduate level course is offered by the UW Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Melissa Schiff, a UW associate professor of epidemiology and an Injury Center core faculty member, is the lead instructor. The course covers general principles of injury research, including Haddon’s matrix, injury classification and rates, surveillance, research methods, and the three E’s of injury control and prevention: education, environmental modification, and enforcement. These principles are applied to the study of specific areas of unintentional and intentional injury including motor vehicle crashes, pedestrians, falls, fire-related injuries, sports injuries, drowning, youth violence, family violence, homicide and firearms, suicide, and alcohol use and injuries.