UNC INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER

描述(由申请人提供)： 在超过四分之一个世纪的时间里，北卡罗来纳大学(UNC)伤害预防研究中心(IPRC)改变并推动了伤害控制领域的发展。在我们的第二个四分之一世纪开始之际，IPRC将继续在合作努力减少伤害和暴力的发生率和后果方面成为世界领先者。我们建设伤害和暴力预防和控制领域的使命是在我们的愿景中实现的，即在地方、州、国家和全球社区采取以证据为基础的协作行动。本申请提出的5年周期的主题是“通过将跨学科研究与方案、政策和实践相结合来预防伤害和暴力”。IPRC有三个核心，每个核心都有自己的目标。“管理与领导核心”的目标是“促进和维持创新的跨学科研究”。推广与翻译核心的目的是“将研究成果转化为方案、政策和实践”。“培训与教育核心”的宗旨是“培养下一代伤害研究人员和从业者”。IPRC的研究活动集中在六个项目领域：机动车相关伤害、针对儿童和青少年的暴力行为、处方药过量、创伤性脑损伤、亲密伴侣暴力和老年人跌倒。本申请中提出的四个研究项目涉及这六个领域中的四个。项目一是一个名为《跌倒没有美(给你带来教育和理解)》的预防跌倒项目。它使用发型师提供预防跌倒的信息来解决跌倒预防问题。项目2是一个创伤性脑损伤项目，题为“头部冲击生物力学作为一种行为矫正工具，可降低轻度创伤性脑损伤风险。”它考察了一种行为干预，该干预使用先进的头盔技术来帮助青少年足球运动员发展更安全的拦截技术。项目3是与机动车有关的伤害项目，题为“驾驶执照政策与北卡罗来纳州的年轻人：对种族/少数民族人口的意外后果”。它使用道路交通事故数据和驾驶执照数据量化了少数族裔和经济服务不足社区的分级驾驶执照的影响。项目4是一个处方药过量项目，题为“对北卡罗来纳州处方药监测方案主动报告规定的评价”。它研究了使用监测项目数据库中的数据将主动报告引入州处方药监测项目的效果。除了这些研究项目外，本申请中提出的外展、翻译和培训计划旨在促进劳动力发展和政策变化。研究所开发了创新技术，将科学研究转化为政策和实践中的切实变化。我们研究翻译能力的增强部分归功于我们在这一领域的重要工作人员专业知识，部分归功于我们与我们州北卡罗来纳州伤害和暴力预防部门长期积极合作的历史。卫生与公众服务部。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For more than a quarter-century, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) has transformed and advanced the field of injury control. At the start of our second quarter- century, IPRC is positioned to continue to be a world leader in collaborative efforts to reduce the incidence and consequences of injury and violence. Our Mission of building the field of injury and violence prevention and control is implemented in our Vision of collaborative evidence-based action in local, state, national, and global communities. The theme for the 5-year cycle proposed in this application is "Preventing Injury and Violence by Connecting Interdisciplinary Research to Programs, Policy and Practice". IPRC has three Cores, each with its own Aim. The Aim of the Administration & Leadership Core is to "Foster and Sustain Innovative Interdisciplinary Research". The Aim of the Outreach & Translation Core is to "Translate Research Findings into Programs, Policies, and Practice". The Aim of the Training & Education Core is to "Train the Next Generation of Injury Researchers and Practitioners". IPRC research activities are focused on six program areas: Motor Vehicle-related Injury, Violence Against Children & Youth, Prescription Drug Overdose, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Intimate Partner Violence, and Falls in Older Adults. The four research projects proposed in this application address four of these six areas. Project 1 is a Falls Prevention project entitled "There is No BEAUTY in Falling (Bringing Education and Understanding to You)". It addresses falls prevention using hair stylists to deliver falls prevention messaging. Project 2 is a Traumatic Brain Injury project entitled "Head Impact Biomechanics as a Behavior Modification Tool to Reduce Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Risk." It examines a behavioral intervention that uses advanced helmet technology to help youth football athletes develop safer tackling techniques. Project 3 is Motor Vehicle-related Injury project entitled "Driver Licensing Policies and Young People in NC: Unintended Consequences on Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations". It quantifies the effect of graduated driver licensing in minority and economically underserved communities using road traffic crash data and driver licensing data. Project 4 is a Prescription Drug Overdose project entitled "Evaluation of the Proactive Reporting Provision of North Carolina's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program". It studies the effect of introducing proactive reporting into the state's prescription drug monitoring program using data from the monitoring program database. In addition to these research projects, the outreach, translation, and training initiatives proposed in this application are designed to facilitate workforce development and policy change. IPRC has developed innovative techniques for translating scientific research into tangible changes in policies and practice. Our enhanced capacity for research translation is due in part to our significant staff expertise in this area and in part to ur long-standing history of active collaboration with our state's Injury and Violence Prevention Branch in the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services.