Health

• Unintentional injuries - occurs without intent
• Leading cause of death and disability

  Unintentional injuries
• The injury occurs in a short period of time
• Harmful outcome was not sought
• 7 causes

  Poisoning, motor vehicle crashes, falls, choking and suffocation, drowning, fires and burns, weather related disasters
• Leading cause of unintentional injury related deaths

  Poisoning
• 100 people die everyday, 1000 suffering injuries

  Motor vehicle crashes
• 2nd leading

  Motor vehicle crashes
• 1st cause for 85 years old and older

  Falls
• 1 in 3 adults

  Falls
• 250,000 hip fractures, 95% from falls
• Falls: 2.5 m injuries in 2013
• 5th leading cause

  Drowning
• 1st cause of death for infants

  Choking and suffocation
• 1st cause for ages 1-4

  Drowning
• Uses Heimlich maneuver or CPR

  Choking and suffocation
• 6th cause

  Fires and burns
• 2,646 deaths in 2015

  Fires and burns
• 7th cause

  Weather related disasters
• Intentional injuries: purposeful intent, oneself or others
• Person harms himself

  Self inflicted
• Person harms others

  Assault
• Neglect of a child under the age of 18

  Child maltreatment
• Inflicted by an individual or group upon a person

  Interpersonal violence
• Public health crisis, preventable

  Firearm safety
• Intentionally causing one's death

  Suicide
• Start early and continue to adulthood

  Youth violence
• Bullying, hitting, slapping

  Youth violence
• Physical assault, sexual abuse, and verbal abuse

  Domestic violence
• Caused by one person in a relationship to control the other

  Domestic violence
• Anyone is a victim
• Gang: street based group that engages in a range of criminal activity
• Need to belong, included, identify themselves with

  Gang
• Desire for adventure

  Gang
• Feel protected

  Gang
• Crimes by gangs: extortion, theft, robbery
• Fraternity: similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, tastes
• Frats are represented in Greek letters
• Undergo initiation rites to be part of the brotherhood
• Republic Act 8049 - Anti Hazing Law