Epidemiol Rev 2003;25:60-64
Copyright © 2003 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Introduction: Back to the Future—Revisiting Haddon’s Conceptualization of Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
1 The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
2 Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
3 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Received for publication September 17, 2002; accepted for publication February 3, 2003.
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Critiques of contemporary epidemiology have addressed the increasing gap between its scientific foundations and its contribution to the practice of public health (1–12). This debate has also addressed the value of using theory and conceptual models to guide both research and practice (1, 6–9, 11). Although seemingly unrecognized in this recent debate, Dr. William Haddon, Jr., widely considered the father of modern injury epidemiology, raised very similar issues some 35–40 years ago as he argued for both a more scientifically driven approach to injury control and also developed two complementary conceptual frameworks to guide epidemiologic research and prevention practice (13–18). This paper examines Haddon’s advances from both a theoretical and a practical perspective and demonstrates the applicability of his approach not only to injury problems but also to other public health issues.
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THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WILLIAM HADDON, JR. |
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William Haddon, Jr., made numerous contributions to
The Haddon Matrix
Countermeasures
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HADDON’S MODELS IN A THEORETICAL CONTEXT |
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CONCLUSION AND SYNTHESIS |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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Correspondence to Dr. Carol W. Runyan, The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Bank of America Building, Suite 500, CB 7505, 137 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505 (e-mail: carol_runyan@unc.edu).
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