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The emergency physician's role in injury prevention
1Department of Family, Community, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
New Mexico's successful campaign in establishing seat belt legislation is described, as is a unique program of alcohol and substance abuse prevention based in the emergency department. Results of a local study investigating hospital and emergency department costs of victims injured in automobile crashes are presented. A strategy is proposed that encourages joint efforts to influence public opinion and awareness, support necessary legislation, develop epidemiologic and intervention research, and encourage emergency medicine practitioners to act as a clearing house for outreach and prevention activities.