Journal of Injury and Violence Research: Announcements

IASP Launches 2019 Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 06:25:33 +0000

IASP has launched the 2019 Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable, an international campaign by the pain community to boost awareness and education that results in better pain relief for four patient groups deemed especially high risk for inadequate pain assessment and treatment. These vulnerable groups are children and babies, older adults, people with intellectual and development disabilities, and survivors of torture and war.

Although those populations communicate pain differently, they share a concerning trait: the frequent inability to effectively articulate their pain condition to health care providers. This communication challenge often means clinicians and others struggle to provide an appropriate diagnosis, resulting in a lack of treatment, undermedication, or overprescription. Fortunately, well-tested solutions exist, and vulnerable patients do not need to suffer, since providers spread throughout the world have been working to resolve problems. Spreading the word of successful approaches through education, knowledge-sharing, and outreach is a primary goal of the Global Year campaign.

The Global Year also will focus on identifying barriers to proper assessment and management of pain in vulnerable groups; exploring their most common types of pain and best assessment and management tools, understanding educational needs of health professionals who deal with pain in vulnerable populations, and targeting relevant areas for further research and development.

â€œIASP is well-positioned to unite and lead the diverse pain community in this year-long education and outreach campaign to generate hope and accelerate help,â€œ says IASP President Lars Arendt-Nielsen, whose passion to address the issue inspired him to create the theme. â€œAlready we have partnerships with our 90-plus chapters, more than 20 special interest groups, and myriad external stakeholders such as nonprofits, patient health groups, and others in the government and medical communities that have influence and broad scope.â€œ

Here are ideas for ways you can engage in the Global Year and help make a difference in millions of lives:
Visit the Global Year website to read and download materials. The site helps clinicians and researchers learn more about pain management for each vulnerable population via 13 fact sheets; article collections from IASPâ€™s publications, PAIN, and Pain Reports; and other resources.

WHO launches the Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative

Sun, 09 Dec 2018 05:51:00 +0000

8 December 2018 | GENEVA/DAVOS: Today with the generous support of the Davos-based AO Foundation, WHO launches the Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative. Around the world acutely ill and injured people die every day due to a lack of timely emergency care. Among them are children and adults with injuries and infections, heart attacks and strokes, asthma and acute complications of pregnancy. Many countries have no emergency access telephone number to call for an ambulance or no trained ambulance staff. Many hospitals lack dedicated emergency units and have few providers trained in the recognition and management of emergency conditions. These gaps result in millions of avoidable deaths every year.

"No one should die for the lack of access to emergency care, an essential part of universal health coverage," said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "We have simple, affordable and proven interventions that save lives. This initiative will ensure that millions of people around the world have access to the timely, life-saving care they deserve."

The goal of the WHO Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative is to save millions of lives over the next five years through improvements to emergency care systems. Its aims are two-fold: to rapidly increase capacities to provide quality emergency care in countries around the world, and to foster awareness through a global advocacy campaign about its potential to save lives.

In an initial phase WHO and partners will support 10 low- and middle-income countries to assess their national emergency care systems, identify any shortcomings and implement proven interventions to address these gaps. Activities at the national level include: development of national plans and key policies, such as laws addressing the role of bystanders and access to care without regard to ability to pay; and implementation of WHO standards addressing the way emergency care systems are organized and resourced.

WHO and partners will also facilitate low-cost improvements in the way that emergency care is delivered. These include implementing triage and WHO checklists that ensure a systematic approach to the care of every patient. In addition frontline providers will be trained through WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care and other courses. The initiative will support systematic data collection on acutely ill and injured people and how their conditions are managed, including via the WHO International Registry for Trauma and Emergency Care.

The launch of this initiative is made possible through a CHF 10 million grant from the AO Foundation, which promotes excellence in patient care through a network of thousands of practitioners in 100 countries. It is one of a number of partners poised to contribute to the WHO Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative, including others in the WHO Global Alliance for Care of the Injured. This work executes the mandate established by World Health Assembly resolution WHA 60.22 on emergency-care systems.

Related links

WHO Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative
https://www.who.int/emergencycare/en/

WHO Trauma Care Checklist
https://www.who.int/emergencycare/trauma-care-checklist-launch/en/

WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured
https://www.who.int/emergencycare/publications/Basic-Emergency-Care/en/

WHO International Registry for Emergency and Trauma Care
https://www.who.int/emergencycare/irtec/en/

WHO Global Alliance for Care of the Injured
https://www.who.int/emergencycare/gaci/en/

World Health Assembly Resolution WHA 60.22
http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHASSA_WHA60-Rec1/E/reso-60-en.pdf?ua=1

New WHO report highlights insufficient progress to tackle lack of safety on the world's roads

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 08:52:35 +0000

7 DECEMBER 2018 | Geneva, Switzerland - A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates road traffic deaths continue to rise, with an annual 1.35 million fatalities. The WHO Global status report on road safety 2018 highlights that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of children and young people aged 5-29 years.

"These deaths are an unacceptable price to pay for mobility," said WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "There is no excuse for inaction. This is a problem with proven solutions. This report is a call for governments and partners to take much greater action to implement these measures."

The WHO Global status report on road safety 2018 documents that despite an increase in the overall number of deaths, the rates of death relative to the size of the world population have stabilized in recent years. This suggests that existing road safety efforts in some middle- and high-income countries have mitigated the situation.

"Road safety is an issue that does not receive anywhere near the attention it deserves - and it really is one of our great opportunities to save lives around the world," said Michael R Bloomberg, Founder and CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries. "We know which interventions work. Strong policies and enforcement, smart road design, and powerful public awareness campaigns can save millions of lives over the coming decades."

In the settings where progress has been made, it is largely attributed to better legislation around key risks such as speeding, drinking and driving, and failing to use seat-belts, motorcycle helmets and child restraints; safer infrastructure like sidewalks and dedicated lanes for cyclists and motorcyclists; improved vehicle standards such as those that mandate electronic stability control and advanced braking; and enhanced post-crash care.

The report documents that these measures have contributed to reductions in road traffic deaths in 48 middle- and high-income countries. However, not a single low-income country has demonstrated a reduction in overall deaths, in large part because these measures are lacking.

In fact, the risk of a road traffic death remains three times higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries. The rates are highest in Africa (26.6 per 100 000 population) and lowest in Europe (9.3 per 100 000 population). On the other hand, since the previous edition of the report, three regions of the world have reported a decline in road traffic death rates: Americas, Europe and the Western Pacific.

Variations in road traffic deaths are also reflected by type of road user. Globally, pedestrians and cyclists account for 26% of all road traffic deaths, with that figure as high as 44% in Africa and 36% in the Eastern Mediterranean. Motorcycle riders and passengers account for 28% of all road traffic deaths, but the proportion is higher in some regions, e.g. 43% in South-East Asia and 36% in the Western Pacific.

RELATED LINKS:

Global status report on road safety 2018

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2018/en

WHO fact sheet on road traffic injuries

http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries

WHO web site on road traffic injuries

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_traffic/en/

SaveLIVES: a road safety technical package

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/road_traffic/save-lives-package/en/

Violence and injuries account for 1 in 11 deaths worldwide

Sat, 03 Nov 2018 09:05:24 +0000

Violence and injuries account for 1 in 11 deaths worldwide

Experts gather to exchange knowledge to scale up lifesaving violence and injury prevention efforts

5 NOVEMBER 2018 | Bangkok, Thailand - Violence and injuries take the lives of more than 13000 people around the world each day. In an effort to prevent them, experts gather for Safety 2018 to share the latest evidence and experiences from programmes which have demonstrated success in saving lives.

Injuries caused by violence, road traffic crashes, falls, drowning, burns and poisoning, among others, kill nearly 5 million people every year, accounting for 9% of the world's deaths. These and other injury-related causes are among the many topics addressed by Safety 2018 under the theme "Advancing violence and injury prevention to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)".

Globally, of injury-related deaths, 29% are due to road traffic crashes; 16% from suicide; 13% from falls; 10% from homicide; and 7% from drowning. Around 4% of injury-related deaths result from war and conflict. Violence and injuries affect people of all ages, but most often impact young people and those in their prime working years. For young adults 15-29 years of age, the top three causes of death are injury-related: road traffic injuries, suicide and homicide.

Beyond deaths tens of millions of people suffer injuries that lead to hospitalization, emergency department visits, and treatment by general practitioners. Many are left with temporary or permanent disabilities.

"Urgent action is needed to avoid this unnecessary suffering of millions of families every year," notes Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the WHO Department for the Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention. "We know what needs to be done. Safety 2018 provides an opportunity for the world's leading violence and injury prevention researchers, practitioners and advocates to share successful strategies which if scaled up across countries could save lives."

Preventing violence and injuries will further attainment of the SDGs and WHO's General Programme of Work (GPW) 2019-2023. A number of SDG targets relate specifically to violence and injuries, including targets 3.6 to cut road traffic deaths by 50% by 2020; target 5.2 to end violence against women and girls; target 11.2 to provide safe and sustainable transport; and target 16.2 to end violence against children. Targets on violence prevention and road safety are also included in WHO's GPW.

Effective strategies to prevent violence and injuries are reflected in three technical packages produced by WHO and partners in recent years, among them INSPIRE: seven strategies for ending violence against children; SaveLIVES: a road safety technical package and Preventing drowning: an implementation guide. These tools are intended to guide governments and civil society organizations on how to put in place what works.

Among effective strategies to prevent violence and injuries include setting and enforcing laws on a range of issues from speeding and smoke detectors to hot water tap temperatures and window guards; reducing the availability and harmful use of alcohol; limiting access to firearms, knives, pesticides and certain medications to prevent suicide; implementing vehicle and safety equipment standards; installing barriers controlling access to water, including wells and swimming pools; and improving emergency trauma care. These are all strategies where both national and local government officials from across multiple sectors can play a role.

In the context of Safety 2018, WHO is also launching two new tools: the WHO International Registry for Trauma and Emergency Care and the Basic Emergency Care course, which will support countries to better understand the challenges they face in responding to those who have been injured and to train those who care for them.

Related links

Safety 2018

http://www.worldsafety2018.org/

WHO violence and injury prevention

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/en/

INSPIRE: seven strategies for ending violence against children

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/inspire-package/en/

SaveLIVES: a road safety technical package

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/road_traffic/save-lives-package/en/

Preventing drowning: an implementation guide

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/drowning/drowning_prevention_guide/en

WHO International Registry for Trauma and Emergency Care

http://www.who.int/emergencycare/en/

WHO Basic Emergency Care Course

http://www.who.int/emergencycare/en/

Etienne Krug, MD, MPH

Director

Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention

World Health Organization

20 Avenue Appia

1211 Geneva 27

Switzerland

Tel: + 41 22 791 3535/2881

Fax: + 41 22 791 4489

E-mail: kruge@who.int

Twitter: @etiennekrug

Call for Thesis Abstract

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:50:25 +0000

Here comes the unique chance for publishing your thesis abstract

Dear researcher

Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR) is proud of publishes thesis abstracts on
all aspects of injury & violence.

The URL: http://jivresearch.org/jivr/index.php/jivr/thesis/submit is for submitting your
thesis abstract.

Any queries therein should be addressed to:jivr@jivresearch.org.

With Best Wishes,
Mahmoudreza Moradi, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR)

Call for Papers in Injury and Violence Field

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:09:01 +0000

Dear Researcher

Let me invite youÂ to submit your manuscripts to Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR).

JIVR is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. It is dedicated to increasing the depth of knowledge across disciplines with the ultimate aim of improving prevention and identification of injury and violence, worldwide.

I should further remind you that JIVR is an open access journal. Submitting and publishing in JIVR is free of charge, therefore, this journal reaches a pool of researchers from the entire world.

It is freely available via the Internet for immediate worldwide open access to the full text of articles serving the best interests of the international research community. The JIVR publication costs are covered by Publisher and no need to pay by the author, author's institution or research funds.

WHY PUBLISH IN JIVR?

Your article will obtain more citations.
Your article will be peer-reviewed and published very fast.
All interested readers can read, download, and/or print open access articles at no cost!
Your article can be read by potentially millions of readers, which is incomparable to publishing in a traditional subscription journal.

This journal aim to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the Injury and Violence field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and making them freely available to researchers worldwide.

All published open access articles will receive massive international exposure and as is usually the case for open access publications, articles will also receive high citations.

The journal is essential reading for scientists and researchers who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the field. The publisher is confident of their journal rapid success.

We would like to invite you to submit research articles, reviews and letters to this journal, and if you are interested in submitting an article to JIVR , then please upload it at http://jivresearch.org/jivr/index.php/jivr/user/register?existingUser=1 or refer to the journal Instructions for Authors (the journal website is stated above) or alternatively contact us by e-mail at jivr@jivresearch.org for submission guidelines.

Thank you in advance for your consideration to submit an article to your-self journal.

Any queries therein should be addressed to

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We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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Yours sincerely,

Mahmoudreza Moradi, MD

Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Injury and Violence Research

Clinical Grand Round on a Case of Traumatic Injury Involving Pregnant Women

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:59:09 +0000

Dear colleague:Â Â Road Safety, Injury Prevention, Anesthesiology, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Obstetrician and Gynecology, Infectious Disease and/or Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Psychiatry/Psychology and Other specialist/expertsÂ

Journal of Injury and Violence Research is going to launch a new interactive feature article in each issue called â€œClinical Grand Roundâ€. Periodically, a new medical case is presented followed by responses generated from experts in the field. Expert Query We are seeking a holistic overview on following case for possible publication in the next issue of the Journal, involving a pregnant woman in a car accident.

TheÂ Medical CaseÂ is available at : http://jivresearch.org/jivr/index.php/jivr/article/view/28/70Â

Questions for experts in potential areas of investigations are outlined below. However, experts from all fields are welcome to submit their feedbacks.

1. Epidemiology and/or Public Health: As an epidemiologist and/or a public health specialist/researcher what would you say are the social, economical, and clinical cost of losing a â€œMotherâ€? What are the implications of such fatality (i.e. death of a mother) on the institution of family? How is Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) defined and measured in your respective country? Does it include Maternal Mortality cases resulting from Trauma and/or crash injuries? Is it an appropriate decision? Why yes or why not?

2. Road Safety/ Injury Prevention Experts: As an expert in improving road safeties, what preventive measures can be implemented to reduce car accident related injuries among pregnant women?

3. Anesthesiology. As an anesthesiologist what would have been your approach for induction and maintenance of anesthesia in this case? Which drugs should have or should have not been proscribed? What would you have done next? What experiences have you personally had regarding similar cases and what were the outcomes?

4. General Surgery: As a general surgeon, would you say the above cited approach was appropriate? If you were the surgeon on call what would you have done differently? What would have been your next approach? What experiences have you personally had regarding similar cases and what were the outcomes?

5. Orthopedic Surgery: As an orthopedic surgeon, would you say the above cited approach was appropriate to handle the orthopedic aspect of the case? If you were the orthopedic surgeon on call what would you have done differently? What would have been your next approach? What was your experience in the similar cases? What experiences have you personally had regarding similar cases and what were the outcomes?

6. Obstetrician and Gynecology: As an obstetrician/gynecologist, would you say the above cited approach was appropriate to take care of the Obstetric/Gynecological aspect of the case? If you were the OB/GYN on call what would you have done differently? What would have been your next approach? What experiences have you personally had regarding similar cases and what were the outcomes?

7. Infectious Disease and/or Complementary and Alternative Medicine: As an expert in your field (i.e. either ID and/or CAM and/or Pathologist and/or Microbiologist etc.) what do you think about the appropriateness of using honey dressing for traumatic open wounds? What experiences have you personally had regarding similar cases and what were the outcomes?

8. Psychiatry and Psychology: As an expert in your field of specialty, what are the possible mental health consequences of such a stressful and traumatic experience for the patient? What measures or crisis interventions will you take to prevent possible Depression, PTSD and/or Substance Abuse in this case? What experiences have you personally had regarding similar cases and what were the outcomes?

9. Other Specialist/Experts are welcome and invited to send their opinions and comments if they think there are other areas of considerations that are missing and need to be included in this case report.

Please submit your 500-word answer along with your complete name, address, and full contact information to online submission in: Submission the Grand Roand

Questions and difficulties concerning submission should be directed to:

Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, PhD Associate Editor shahrzadbazargan@cdrewu.edu

Omid Beiki, MD Coordinate and Technical Editor jivr@jivresearch.org

We appreciate your contribution, in advance. Journal of Injury and Violence Research