Faculty Research

Injury Prevention & Control

According to the CDC's National Center for Injury Control, the three phases of injury control are defined as prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation. The major categories of injury are intentional, unintentional, and occupational. Intentional injuries result from interpersonal or self-inflicted violence, and include homicide, assaults, suicide and suicide attempts, child abuse and neglect (includes child sexual abuse), intimate partner violence, elder abuse, and sexual assault.

Unintentional injuries include those that result from motor vehicle collisions, falls, fires, poisonings, drownings, recreational, and sports-related activities.

Occupational injuries occur at the worksite and include unintentional trauma (for example, work-related motor—vehicle injuries, drownings, and electrocutions), and intentional injuries in the workplace.

OEH faculty who conduct injury prevention research:

Corrine Peek-Asa, PhD

Craig Zwerling, PhD

Research Center:

Injury Prevention Research Center