Eric G Post, Travis Anderson, Olivia Samson, Alexis D Gidley, Ashley N Triplett, Amber T Donaldson, Jonathan T Finnoff, William M Adams
{"title":"Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA.","authors":"Eric G Post, Travis Anderson, Olivia Samson, Alexis D Gidley, Ashley N Triplett, Amber T Donaldson, Jonathan T Finnoff, William M Adams","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00514-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00514-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The purpose of this report is to provide insight and details regarding the development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance (IIS) system for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The development and deployment of the IIS employed a multiphase approach. First, researchers determined variables to include in the IIS using the recommendations from the 2020 IOC consensus statement for reporting sport epidemiological data. Second, the hosting and deployment platforms were comprehensively evaluated for their suitability, ease of use, flexibility, and backend data structure (for both capture and aggregation). Third, focus groups consisting of the Sports Medicine department leadership and clinicians piloted the IIS system and revisions were made based on their feedback. Pilot testing of the IIS and follow-up focus groups were then conducted among all departmental clinicians to solicit additional feedback and drive further revisions. Finally, the IIS system was piloted among providers working during the 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games to refine the system for future Games. After reviewing all potential software platform options (electronic medical record [EMR] system, athlete management systems, secure data collection platforms), Qualtrics (Qualtrics, Provo, UT, USA) was selected to host the IIS system. This choice was made due to the inability of the EMR and athlete-management systems to make frequent updates, modify existing questions, and provide the necessary form logic for the variety of scenarios in which the IIS system would be deployed. Feedback from the department's leadership and clinicians resulted in a number of changes, most notably being the ability to enter multiple diagnoses for a single injury event. Additionally, clinician feedback resulted in the creation of additional diagnostic codes not currently present in the OSIICS v14.0 diagnostic coding system, adding \"non-sport\" as an additional variable for injury setting, and developing a system for reporting return-to-sport date for time-loss injuries.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>A multi-stage process of extensive planning, stakeholder feedback, and ongoing updates is required in order to successfully develop and implement an IIS system within a National Olympic and Paralynpic Committee. This process can be used to inform the development and implementation of IIS systems in other sporting organizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11218168/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141477635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wendy Shields, Anne Kenney, Evelyn Shiang, Rebecca Malizia, Holly Billie
{"title":"Unintentional injury prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native communities: a scoping review of the Indian Health Service Primary Care Provider newsletter.","authors":"Wendy Shields, Anne Kenney, Evelyn Shiang, Rebecca Malizia, Holly Billie","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00509-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00509-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Unintentional injuries disproportionately impact American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Developing effective and culturally tailored data collection and intervention programs requires an understanding of past prevention efforts in AI/AN communities, but limited peer-reviewed literature on the topic is available. This scoping review aims to summarize efforts that have been published in the Primary Care Provider newsletter, a source of gray literature available through the Indian Health Service.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research team obtained all injury related articles in the Provider newsletter and excluded those that did not describe an unintentional injury prevention effort. Included articles were organized chronologically and by topic, and outcomes were described in a data abstraction form.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 247 articles from the Provider newsletter were screened, and 68 were included in this review. The most number of articles were published in 2007 (n = 15). Many focused not specifically on one tribal community but on the AI/AN community as a whole (n = 27), while others reported that certain tribes were the focus of study but did not identify tribes by name (n = 24). The following is a list of 14 tribal communities explicitly mentioned: Omaha, Cherokee, Ute, Yakama, Chippewa, Apache, Ho-Chunk, The Crow Tribe, Tohono O'odham Nation, Fort Mojave Tribe, Chemehuevi Tribe, The Rosebud Tribe, Navajo, and The Pueblo of Jemez. Published unintentional injury prevention efforts have covered the following 7 topics in AI/AN communities: falls, motor vehicle crashes, poisonings, improving data, burns, children, and other.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This scoping review makes available and searchable information on injury prevention work conducted in and for AI/AN communities that is not currently found in the peer-reviewed literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11197249/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141447216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hanna Christian, Dev Crasta, Garra Lloyd-Lester, Gala True, Marianne Goodman, Brett Bass, Kathryne Coric, Timothy Ruetten, Robert Lane, Gabriela Khazanov
{"title":"Engaging suicide prevention and firearm stakeholders in developing a workshop promoting secure firearm storage for suicide prevention.","authors":"Hanna Christian, Dev Crasta, Garra Lloyd-Lester, Gala True, Marianne Goodman, Brett Bass, Kathryne Coric, Timothy Ruetten, Robert Lane, Gabriela Khazanov","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00511-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00511-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the US, over 50% of suicide deaths are by firearm injury. Studies have found that limiting access to firearms, including storing them temporarily outside of the home or locking and unloading them securely at home, helps prevent suicide. Family members and other loved ones are in a unique position to encourage secure firearm storage. This paper describes the development of a workshop to empower loved ones of individuals at risk for suicide to discuss secure firearm storage in New York State.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a multistakeholder engagement framework, we partnered with New York State county-level suicide prevention coalitions, local firearms experts, and other stakeholders to develop a 90-min workshop addressing secure firearm storage for suicide prevention. Pilot workshops were co-facilitated by a suicide prevention coalition member and a local firearms expert. Feedback gathered via surveys from workshop attendees and interviews with workshop co-facilitators were used to revise workshop content and inform dissemination. Following pilot workshops, a 1-day training event was held for potential future facilitators, and survey data were collected to assess trainee experiences and interest in facilitating future workshops. Data analysis included rapid qualitative analysis of interviews and statistical analysis of survey responses about acceptability of workshop.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four pilot workshops included a total of 23 attendees. Pilot workshop attendees endorsed willingness and confidence to discuss secure firearm storage with a family member or loved one. The training event included 42 attendees, of which 26 indicated interest in facilitating a workshop within the next year. Co-facilitators agreed on several key themes, including the importance of having a \"trusted messenger\" deliver the firearms portion of the workshop, keeping the conversation focused on firearm safety for suicide prevention, and developing interventions that reflect firearm owning community's culture.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Consistent with a public health approach to suicide prevention, this study leveraged a multistakeholder engagement framework to develop a community-based workshop empowering loved ones of individuals at risk for suicide to discuss secure firearm storage. The workshop will be disseminated across New York State. We noted positive and collaborative relationships across stakeholder groups, and willingness to facilitate the workshop among both suicide prevention and firearm stakeholders.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11179275/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141321758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Austin T Rau, Alyson B Harding, Andy Ryan, Marizen R Ramirez, Lynette M Renner, Jesse D Berman
{"title":"Ambient air pollution and the risk of violence in primary and secondary school settings: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Austin T Rau, Alyson B Harding, Andy Ryan, Marizen R Ramirez, Lynette M Renner, Jesse D Berman","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00512-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00512-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Individual and social characteristics are attributed to violent behavior in schools, yet environmental hazards may play an understudied role. Ambient air pollution has been linked to neurological dysfunction that inhibits decision-making and may result in violent behavior in adult populations. However, little is known on how air pollution may be associated with violent behaviors in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional ecologic study was designed to estimate the associations between air pollution (fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide) with the occurrence of violent incidents and incidents involving a weapon among a cohort of children in Minnesota schools (2008-2012). Differences by urban and rural status of schools were also explored. Negative binomial regression models were developed to estimate incidence rate ratios (IRR) and incidence rate differences (IRD) to describe associations between air pollution and violent incidents in school settings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our results indicate that the highest levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter concentrations were associated with increased violent disciplinary incidents. Among the total student population, the 4th quartile of carbon monoxide exposure was associated with an IRD of 775.62 (95% CI 543.2, 1008.05) violent incidents per 100,000 students per school year compared to schools in the lowest quartile of exposure. Comparing the 4th to the 1st quartiles of exposure, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter had an IRD of 629.16 (95% CI 384.87, 873.46), and 510.49 (95% CI 274.92, 746.05) violent incidents per 100,000 students per school year respectively. Schools in urban settings shared a larger burden of violent incidents associated with air pollution compared to rural schools.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Modifying environmental pollutants surrounding school environments, particularly for high exposure communities, may be a novel tool for reducing violence and subsequent injuries in schools.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11170797/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141311851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martynas Tamulevicius, Florian Bucher, Nadjib Dastagir, Vincent Maerz, Peter M Vogt, Khaled Dastagir
{"title":"Demographic shifts reshaping the landscape of hand trauma: a comprehensive single-center analysis of changing trends in hand injuries from 2007 to 2022.","authors":"Martynas Tamulevicius, Florian Bucher, Nadjib Dastagir, Vincent Maerz, Peter M Vogt, Khaled Dastagir","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00510-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00510-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Hand injuries constitute up to 30% of the total cases treated in emergency departments. Over time, demographic changes, especially an aging population, and shifts in workplace safety regulations and healthcare policies have significantly impacted the landscape of hand trauma. This study aims to identify and analyze these evolving trends over nearly two decades.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, we investigated patients who were admitted to the high-volume regional hand trauma center of a university hospital between January 2007 and December 2022. We analyzed trends in patients' demographics and annual alterations of injuries. For the comparative analysis, patients were divided into two groups based on the time of presentation: the early cohort (2007-2014) and the current cohort (2015-2022).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 14,414 patients were admitted to our emergency department within the study period. A significant annual increase in patient age was identified (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.254, p = 0.047). The number of presentations increased annually by an average of 2% (p < 0.001). The incidence of the following hand injuries significantly increased: sprains/strains (+ 70.51%, p = 0.004), superficial lacerations (+ 53.99%, p < 0.001), joint dislocations (+ 51.28%, p < 0.001), fractures (carpal: + 49.25%, p = 0.003; noncarpal: + 39.18%, p < 0.001), deep lacerations (+ 37.16%, p < 0.001) and burns and corrosions (+ 29.45%, p < 0.001). However, rates of amputations decreased significantly (- 22.09%, p = 0.04).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A consistent and significant annual increase in both the total number of injuries and the average age of patients was identified. An aging population may increase injury rates and comorbidities, stressing healthcare resources. Our study underscores the need to adapt healthcare structures and reimbursement policies, especially for outpatient hand injury care.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11170831/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141318483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bradley Sprouse, Avinash Chandran, Neel Rao, Adrian J Boltz, Molly Johnson, Philip Hennis, Ian Varley
{"title":"Injury and illness surveillance monitoring in team sports: a framework for all.","authors":"Bradley Sprouse, Avinash Chandran, Neel Rao, Adrian J Boltz, Molly Johnson, Philip Hennis, Ian Varley","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00504-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00504-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sport-related injuries and illnesses can negatively impact athlete welfare at all standards of participation in team sports. Injury and illness surveillance (IIS), and the development of monitoring systems, initiates the sequence of injury and illness prevention. Operational IIS monitoring systems help to appraise epidemiological estimates of injury and illness incidence and burden in various athlete populations. However, the methodological underpinnings of various monitoring systems are not harmonized or widely documented, with the presence of efficient and successful programmes rarely showcased at non-elite levels. The aim is to provide a framework that guides the development of IIS, which will enhance overall surveillance, to indirectly inform injury prevention strategies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The process involved all members of the research group initially discussing the research gaps, scope of the project, and the aims of the article. Unique experiences were shared, and specific and global challenges and barriers to IIS at all standards of team sport participation were identified. A tiered system of data collection with corresponding content were produced, with experiences and guidance provided throughout the article.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The literature has been reviewed and using first-hand experience in conducting IIS programmes in complex and diverse sport settings, the authors have identified key enablers and barriers for best practise as time, technological and human resources, reporter/practitioner training, and medical expertise. Areas of greatest importance regarding the conducting of IIS have been outlined, providing guidance and recommendations across all levels of team sport participation. These areas include definitions, data context, collection procedures, handling, security, ethics, storage, dissemination, quality, compliance, and analysis. Given the barriers to IIS, 3-tiered levels of data collection and content have been proposed. The levels indicate data collection variables, with a focus on sufficiency and achievability, aiming to support the successful conducting of IIS in team sports across all standards of participation. Future opportunities in IIS have been discussed, with several predictive measures and analytical techniques expanded upon.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The framework provides universal guidance for implementing IIS monitoring systems, facilitating athletes, coaches, parents/guardians, governing bodies and practitioners to implement IIS processes, identify challenges, complete analysis, and interpret outcomes at all standards of participation.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11163858/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141301704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Difei Liu, Stanford Chihuri, Howard F Andrews, Marian E Betz, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, David W Eby, Linda L Hill, Vanya Jones, Thelma J Mielenz, Lisa J Molnar, David Strogatz, Barbara H Lang, Guohua Li
{"title":"Diabetes mellitus and hard braking events in older adult drivers.","authors":"Difei Liu, Stanford Chihuri, Howard F Andrews, Marian E Betz, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, David W Eby, Linda L Hill, Vanya Jones, Thelma J Mielenz, Lisa J Molnar, David Strogatz, Barbara H Lang, Guohua Li","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00508-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00508-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Diabetes mellitus (DM) can impair driving safety due to hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and diabetic eye diseases. However, few studies have examined the association between DM and driving safety in older adults based on naturalistic driving data.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data for this study came from a multisite naturalistic driving study of drivers aged 65-79 years at baseline. Driving data for the study participants were recorded by in-vehicle recording devices for up to 44 months. We used multivariable negative binomial modeling to estimate adjusted incidence rate ratios (aIRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of hard braking events (HBEs, defined as maneuvers with deceleration rates ≥ 0.4 g) associated with DM.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 2856 study participants eligible for this analysis, 482 (16.9%) reported having DM at baseline, including 354 (12.4%) insulin non-users and 128 (4.5%) insulin users. The incidence rates of HBEs per 1000 miles were 1.13 for drivers without DM, 1.15 for drivers with DM not using insulin, and 1.77 for drivers with DM using insulin. Compared to drivers without DM, the risk of HBEs was 48% higher for drivers with DM using insulin (aIRR 1.48; 95% CI: 1.43, 1.53).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Older adult drivers with DM using insulin appear to be at increased proneness to vehicular crashes. Driving safety should be taken into consideration in DM care and management.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11151638/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141262930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chinchin Wang, Steven D Stovitz, Jay S Kaufman, Russell J Steele, Ian Shrier
{"title":"Principles of musculoskeletal sport injuries for epidemiologists: a review.","authors":"Chinchin Wang, Steven D Stovitz, Jay S Kaufman, Russell J Steele, Ian Shrier","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00507-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00507-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Musculoskeletal injuries are a common occurrence in sport. The goal of sport injury epidemiology is to study these injuries at a population level to inform their prevention and treatment.</p><p><strong>Main body: </strong>This review provides an overview of musculoskeletal sport injuries and the musculoskeletal system from a biological and epidemiologic perspective, including injury mechanism, categorizations and types of sport injuries, healing, and subsequent injuries. It is meant to provide a concise introductory substantive background of musculoskeletal sport injuries for epidemiologists who may not have formal training in the underlying anatomy and pathophysiology.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>An understanding of sport injuries is important for researchers in sport injury epidemiology when determining how to best define and assess their research questions and measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11131288/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141158714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashley M Geczik, Jin Lee, Joseph A Allen, Madison E Raposa, Lucy F Robinson, D Alex Quistberg, Andrea L Davis, Jennifer A Taylor
{"title":"An updated analysis of safety climate and downstream outcomes in two convenience samples of U.S. fire departments (FOCUS 1.0 and 2.0 survey waves).","authors":"Ashley M Geczik, Jin Lee, Joseph A Allen, Madison E Raposa, Lucy F Robinson, D Alex Quistberg, Andrea L Davis, Jennifer A Taylor","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00502-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00502-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Fire service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey is an assessment tool comprised of psychometrically validated metrics of safety climate, safety behavior, and downstream outcomes (organizational and injury) that are specific to the U.S. fire and rescue service.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This analysis consists of a descriptive summary of two independent survey waves (FOCUS 1.0 and 2.0). The fire departments included in these survey waves were from convenience sampling (n<sub>1.0</sub> = 275; n<sub>2.0</sub> = 170). In addition to department level characteristics, we examined individual level characteristics for firefighters and EMS providers in participating departments (n<sub>1.0</sub> = 22,719; n<sub>2.0</sub> = 16,882). We conducted regression analyses to examine the associations between safety climate and safety behaviors, organizational outcomes, and safety outcomes. All analyses were stratified by organization type (career, volunteer).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our analysis indicated that a majority of respondents were males (90.7%<sub>FOCUS 1.0</sub>; 90.4%<sub>FOCUS 2.0</sub>), non-officers (68.4%<sub>FOCUS 1.0</sub>; 66.4%<sub>FOCUS 2.0</sub>), and non-Hispanic Whites (70.8%<sub>FOCUS 1.0</sub>; 69.5%<sub>FOCUS 2.0</sub>). For both samples there was a higher prevalence of injuries among individuals in career departments (n<sub>FOCUS 1.0</sub> = 3778 [17.5%]; n<sub>FOCUS 2.0</sub> = 3072 [18.7%]) than volunteer departments (n<sub>FOCUS 1.0</sub> = 103 [8.8%]; n<sub>FOCUS 2.0</sub> = 34 [7.4%]). We observed an approximate 10-point difference between the mean scores of Management Commitment to Safety for career and volunteer departments in both samples. We observed associations for two organizational outcomes, Safety Behavior and Job Satisfaction, with Management Commitment to Safety and Supervisor Support for Safety overall and when stratified by organization type. We observed a decrease in the odds of injuries associated with a one-unit increase in Management Commitment to Safety (OR<sub>1.0 overall</sub>: 0.98, 95% CI 0.97-0.99; OR<sub>2.0 volunteer</sub>: 0.90, 95% CI 0.85-0.95) and Supervisor Support for Safety (OR<sub>1.0 overall</sub>: 0.95, 95% CI 0.93-0.97; OR<sub>1.0 career</sub>: 0.95, 95% CI 0.92-0.98).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>From our current study, and a prior analysis of a geographically stratified random sample of U.S. fire departments, we identified that from all the organizational outcomes, job satisfaction was most consistently associated with FOCUS safety climate. Further, firefighters in our samples consistently rated Supervisor Support for Safety higher than Management Commitment to Safety. Future interventions should support fire departments in improving their departmental Management Commitment to Safety and maintaining their Supervisor for Safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11106928/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141077012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Garen J Wintemute, Sonia L Robinson, Andrew Crawford, Elizabeth A Tomsich, Paul M Reeping, Aaron B Shev, Bradley Velasquez, Daniel Tancredi
{"title":"Single-year change in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey.","authors":"Garen J Wintemute, Sonia L Robinson, Andrew Crawford, Elizabeth A Tomsich, Paul M Reeping, Aaron B Shev, Bradley Velasquez, Daniel Tancredi","doi":"10.1186/s40621-024-00503-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40621-024-00503-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A 2022 survey in the USA found concerningly high prevalences of support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence, of beliefs associated with such violence, and of belief that civil war was likely in the near future. It is important to determine the durability of those findings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Wave 2 of a nationally representative cohort survey was conducted May 18-June 8, 2023; the sample comprised all respondents to 2022's Wave 1. Outcomes are expressed as weighted proportions; changes from 2022 to 2023 are for respondents who participated in both surveys, based on aggregated individual change scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The completion rate was 84.2%; there were 9385 respondents. After weighting, 50.7% (95% confidence interval (CI) 49.4%, 52.1%) were female; weighted mean (SD) age was 48.5 (25.9) years. About 1 in 20 respondents (5.7%, 95% CI 5.1%, 6.4%) agreed strongly/very strongly that \"in the next few years, there will be civil war in the United States,\" a 7.7% decrease. In 2023, fewer respondents considered violence to be usually/always justified to advance at least 1 of 17 specific political objectives [25.3% (95% CI 24.7%, 26.5%), a 6.8% decrease]. However, more respondents thought it very/extremely likely that within the next few years, in a situation where they consider political violence justified, \"I will be armed with a gun\" [9.0% (95% CI 8.3%, 9.8%), a 2.2% increase] and \"I will shoot someone with a gun\" [1.8% (95% CI 1.4%, 2.2%), a 0.6% increase]. Among respondents who considered violence usually/always justified to advance at least 1 political objective, about 1 in 20 also thought it very/extremely likely that they would threaten someone with a gun (5.4%, 95% CI 4.0%, 7.0%) or shoot someone (5.7%, 95% CI 4.3%, 7.1%) to advance such an objective.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this cohort, support for political violence declined from 2022 to 2023, but predictions of firearm use in political violence increased. These findings can help guide prevention efforts, which are urgently needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":37379,"journal":{"name":"Injury Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11110245/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141077017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}